Morocco says online misinformation fueled crisis at Spain’s border

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Huckabee also said Hamas has no future in Gaza, warned renewed US strikes on Iran would be overwhelming, denied Israel influenced Trump to attack Iran, and condemned global anti-Israel sentiments.

Spain reports 72 deaths as the Ceuta migrant crisis deepens, with intelligence officials saying Morocco allowed border controls to gradually relax.

Minister tells reporters least 75 people died after EU ministers meet to discuss response to the crisis Meanwhile, the European Commission said it was “monitoring very closely” the situation in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania as the region faces an energy crunch caused by the ongoing heatwave and drought. Energy spokespe

Spain has returned to Morocco 70,000 of 72,000 migrants who entered its north African territory of Ceuta last week, the interior minister said on Tuesday.

Investigation Exposes How Viral Rumors Triggered Spain’s Ceuta Border Crisis  HuffPost

The sight of 60,000 Moroccans breaking into Spanish territory adds to the "invasion" narrative troubling the European imagination.

Smuggling groups are offering passage to Spanish mainland as up to 5,000 migrants remain scattered across enclave

Ursula von der Leyen has called for action ahead of an urgent EU interior ministers meeting to discuss the issue.

Spain says it will build a 1,600-foot containment fence around its enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants rushed its border with Morocco last week. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.

The Interior Ministry of Morocco said on Sunday that the migrant invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta last week was caused by “misinformation” spread by human trafficking networks.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Morocco was “an important strategic partner” in stopping illegal migration as Europe looks to tighten its borders.

Spanish intelligence services reportedly believe Morocco allowed mass crossing, which saw 83 people die, to happen

Tens of thousands of Moroccans crossed into Ceuta before being pushed back out by Spanish military forces.

EU can give Morocco more border support, von der Leyen tells Spain after Ceuta spat  Reuters

Diplomacy is often an exercise in willful blindness, but there comes a point when reality completely shatters the fiction. For America’s foreign policy establishment, that moment has arrived in Spain. The July 30 collapse of Ceuta shattered the fiction of Spanish sovereignty, exposing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s san

Commission president responds after Spanish PM accuses some European leaders of attacking him instead of offering solidarity.

BRUSSELS, Aug 3 - More must be done to strengthen the European Union's borders at critical points, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in a letter seen by Reuters.

Four days after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the small Spanish territory of Ceuta, the death toll continues to rise -- nearing 100.

Five more bodies have been found along Ceuta's coastline as enclave recovers from unprecedented border influx.

SPANISH authorities have installed a massive barrier on the sea border between Ceuta and Morocco. The erection of the 1,600-foot barrier follows the breaching of the frontier by tens of thousands of Moroccans last week. At least 67 Moroccans died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to c

Spain installed the 500-meter-long barrier on Saturday in response to the tens of thousands of migrants who had suddenly rushed en masse to the country's North African territory earlier this week.

Spain installed the 500-meter-long barrier on Saturday in response to the tens of thousands of migrants who had suddenly rushed en masse to the country's North African territory earlier this week.

Our Madrid bureau chief, Jason Horowitz, visits the coastal town of Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa where there has been an unprecedented influx of migrants crossing the border from Morocco.

After Italy temporarily suspended the Schengen deal with Spain, Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez said his county was being "attacked" from within the EU, stressing that Madrid fully restored control over its border. DW has more.

France and Italy have bolstered border controls after around 60,000 people crossed into the Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in recent years.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is seeing the effects of his lax immigration strategy in Ceuta

France will tighten its borders with Spain, the country's interior minister said on Friday, after thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain's north African Ceuta enclave.