Spain announces €165m emergency package for Ceuta as migrant returns continue

The Council of Ministers will on Tuesday approve an emergency package to revive the economy and strengthen public services in Ceuta, one month after the mass arrival of migrants.

Thousands of migrants remain in Ceuta following a mass crossing from Morocco in July.

Thousands of migrants remain in the Spanish enclave, triggering anger among Ceuta residents.

Of the over 70,000 migrants who illegally crossed into Ceuta from Morocco in late July, some 5,000 still remain in the Spanish exclave. Ceuta residents have been angrily protesting their continued presence.

A group of migrants is accused of throwing stones at a military vehicle, while some locals set fire to their camps on the beach.

Spanish prime minister accused of ‘putting on flip-flops’ while illegal border crossings remain unresolved

Ceuta residents are protesting nightly, tearing down and even burning migrant tents, and engaging in tense standoffs with pro-migrant NGOs.

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on 27 August, amid growing tensions over the presence of thousands of migrants.

Albanian criminal has cut bars, descended sheets and even used human pyramid in escapes in Italy and Belgium Police in Spain have arrested a dangerous Albanian criminal nicknamed the “escape wizard” who has managed to break out of four jails in Italy and Belgium by sawing through bars, clambering down knotted sheets an

Spanish police have arrested a fugitive dubbed the "Master of Escapes" after he broke out of prison four times, most recently from a maximum-security facility in Italy, authorities said Wednesday.

Spanish police have arrested a fugitive dubbed the “Master of Escapes” after he broke out of prison four times, most recently from a maximum-security facility in Italy, authorities said Wednesday.