Spain and Morocco reinforce border amid fears of fresh Ceuta migrant surge

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

Spanish authorities are also working to speed up the removal of the 5,000 irregular migrants still in the city following the influx of July 30 and 31

Spanish authorities are also working to speed up the removal of the 5,000 irregular migrants still in the city following the influx of July 30 and 31

A team of EU migration experts is in Ceuta for a “first-hand assessment” of the situation, as reports warn of a potential new migrant influx on 15 August. Brussels, however, says its focus remains on protecting the EU’s external border at all times, rather than on any “specific date”.

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.

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Morocco Interior Ministry says it has increased security along its borders with the Spanish exclaves 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.

The warning comes as over one million immigrants without residency permits applied under an amnesty.

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

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

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

Authorities have not said who organized a suspicious border breach in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. Social media posts in Morocco are urging another push.

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

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