Some 100 dead following Moroccan migrant border rush into Spain, Ceuta leader says

Ceuta city leader says approximately 100 people have died during last week's massive border rush, and between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the enclave.

The colonial legacies of both cities cast long shadows, writes Parvati Nair of The Conversation

Spain's Ceuta seeks transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors to mainland Spain after border rush  Reuters

MADRID, Aug 5 - Spain's Ceuta, still reeling from a rush of 72,000 migrants arriving on its shores in one week, is seeking the transfer of hundreds of unaccompanied minors still in the enclave to mainland Spain, local leaders confirmed on Wednesday.

Ceuta border rush: Loved ones in limbo over missing family members  CNN

A Spanish legal body responsible for the identification work, composed of forensics and Civil Guard experts, said in a statement that authorities in Ceuta had recovered 79 bodies from the sea.

It started with Instagram posts that suggested Spain’s border with Morocco was opening up. Then came Facebook users tracking coastguard patrols and TikTok videos showing where to swim. After many shares and comments, thousands of Moroccans became convinced that Europe was suddenly within reach. Within hours, young peop

EU offers Spain border assistance after emergency meeting over influx of more than 70,000 migrants into Ceuta last week

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

Madrid on Tuesday called on Italy to stop the selective border checks it has been conducting on people arriving via air and sea from Spain after suspending its Schengen arrangements with Spain following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta last week. During an emergency vid

Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers today was aimed at easing tensions with Spain amid a Europe-wide backlash against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s migration policies.

The Schengen Area was "in no way" compromised during the Ceuta incursion, Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said after a video conference with his EU colleagues.

Spain's Interior Ministry on Tuesday updated its figures for the unprecedented rush of migrants to Ceuta last week, revising up both the number of people who illegally crossed into its North African enclave and those who drowned trying.

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

Nearly 70,000 people entered the Spanish African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, causing 83 deaths in the chaos.

Last week, 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

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

Both Morocco and Spain blamed the Ceuta crisis on human smugglers and trafficking networks, but many migrants rejected that explanation

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

Local authorities in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta are struggling to cope with the thousands that stayed behind after a massive border rush last week. They say among those who remain are significant numbers of people from other countries, including Sudanese fleeing their war-torn country, Afghans and Palestini

Morocco’s government said factors such as misinformation and human trafficking lured tens of thousands of migrants into illegally crossing into the Spanish-governed northern African enclave of Ceuta last week. Meanwhile, Spain’s foreign minister said nearly everyone who illegally crossed into Ceuta has left as it tries

Tens of thousands of migrants irregularly entered the north African territory from Morocco in an unprecedented and deadly surge.

A teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind. More than 800 minors, four days after the collective push

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.

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

Did Moroccan ‘deep state’ manufacture Ceuta migrant surge?  thetimes.com

Thousands of migrants remain in Ceuta after a mass rush from Morocco into the Spanish enclave last week, the enclave's president has said.

Spain has installed a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco

At least 67 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday.