Morocco accuses Spain of assaulting migrants crossing into Ceuta and claims sovereignty over enclave

Morocco's National Human Rights Council condemns mistreatment "out of sight of the cameras", while Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi says Rabat still claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla.

The misleading posts were spread across social media, giving migrants the false impression that Spain had relaxed its rules and that people who reached Ceuta by sea would be allowed to stay.

The tens of thousands of people who illegally entered Ceuta last month sparked Spain's biggest migrant crisis in years.

The British network Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing "police sources" in Spain, that about 75 migrants who had joined the illegal mass invasion of Ceuta had reached the mainland of the country, contradicting assurances by the socialist government that this was not the case.

Claims swirled that Morocco, perhaps spurred by Israel and the United States, organized a recent border disaster. That unproven speculation, experts said, was exacerbated by the region’s complicated history.

At least 72,000 people poured into the 7.1-square-mile Spanish territory on July 30, and now rumours are circulating that a new attempt is being organised.

The migrant crisis has underscored Madrid’s increasingly tenuous geopolitical position.

A surge of migrant children and families remained in makeshift shelters in Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave.

MADRID – The leader of Ceuta demanded on Aug 10 the detention and expulsion of the thousands of migrants wandering the Spanish north African territory’s streets after a mass influx from Morocco in July.Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush on July 30 and 31, with 70,000 having sin

The leader of Ceuta demanded on Monday the detention and expulsion of the thousands of migrants wandering the Spanish north African territory's streets after last month's mass influx from Morocco.

After more than 70,000 African migrants crossed into the Spanish territory of Ceuta in a border surge late last month, Spaniards are decrying their government’s handling of the chaos. Thousands of residents of the Spanish exclave gathered on Sunday in the Plaza de la Constitución, chanting “Enough is enough” and “Ceuta

A Spanish Supreme Court ruling and swirling social media rumors combined to trigger the largest single-incident border surge since the 2015 crisis.

The man’s body was recovered by maritime officers but he was ‘already dead’, Spanish authorities said

Dozens of migrants reached the Spanish mainland after entering Ceuta during the mass influx into the enclave, police sources have told Sky News.

Migrant dies trying to paraglide from Morocco to Ceuta - as fears grow of another surge  lbc.co.uk

Morocco · GEOPOLITICS Key Facts —Security deployment: Moroccan forces are on high alert around Fnideq after online calls for a new mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. —Late-July surge: Spain reported roughly 49,000 people crossed into Ceuta in about 24 hours, with about 69,500 returning to Morocco within d

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