In Spain’s Ceuta, migrant women tell of sexual harassment: ‘it’s really bad’

Some women who entered Spain’s ⁠North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the ⁠hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment. More than a dozen women have set up camp on a wooded roadside running up to the barb

Camped outside, the women are sleeping in the open air along with hundreds of other Moroccan, sub-Saharan and South Asian migrants.

CEUTA, Spain, Aug 18 - Some women who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment.

Migrant women tell of sexual harassment in Spain's crisis-hit Ceuta  reuters.com

Humanitarian tents planned for Ceuta as Spain tackles migrant influx  euractiv.com

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing. Moroccan state broadcaster Medi 1

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing.

Moroccan police arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta | ITV News  ITVX

The latest attempt comes two weeks after tens of thousands of would-be migrants, driven by poverty and misinformation, rushed toward Ceuta in one of the deadliest migration crises to hit the region.

Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing.

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta  Toronto Star

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta

Moroccan security forces have arrested hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by land and sea

Moroccan security forces have arrested hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by land and sea

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta  apnews.com

Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco.

They were among the estimated 5,000 to 8,000 who remain in Ceuta after the mass border crossing two weeks ago that saw over 72,000 people surge into the tiny territory of about 80,000.

Moroccan security forces on Saturday broke up hundreds of migrants who had been hiding near Castillejos in a bid to reach Ceuta. The operation comes weeks after the mass crossing attempt that left 141 people dead.

Authorities in Morocco have arrested 111 people attempting to cross into Spain's Ceuta, amid tightened security triggered by a deadly mass crossing in July.

Security forces in Fnideq have stepped up operations to prevent migrants from crossing into Ceuta.

Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta in security crackdown  Dawn

Moroccan security dispersed migrants who tried to cross from Fnideq to Spain’s Ceuta on Saturday. People were seen standing and running on a hill near the border as security personnel gathered in the area.

Border workers had issued several warning to Spanish authorities prior to the migrant surge in Ceuta between 29-30 July, but they say Madrid did not act.

Spain and Morocco have boosted security around Spain’s African enclave Ceuta following calls for another Moroccan migrant border rush, two weeks after a migrant invasion left at least 96 people dead. Soldiers have been watching commercial and government buildings in Ceuta while police are patrolling main streets, accor

In late July, tens of thousands of migrants crossed the European border into a small enclave in a single day.

This weekend, Mohammed wants to travel from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the northern tip of Africa.

Morocco deployed additional security measures amid threats of a new possible migrant invasion of Ceuta this weekend, Spanish outlets reported.

Authorities in Madrid and Rabat are taking no chances, working together to prevent a repeat of last month’s mass crossings into the exclave.

Moroccan authorities on Wednesday announced measures to counter a new influx of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta, after monitoring a new wave of online disinformation.