Spain rules out Morocco role in Ceuta migrant surge

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said a rush of migrants to the enclave of Ceuta a month ago was still under investigation, while denouncing "fake information" spread by the "ultra-right".

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.

Four Moroccan migrants in Spain's enclave of Ceuta were arrested Saturday for throwing stones at a patrol of Spanish soldiers, one of whom fell and injured himself while pursuing the assailants, a police spokesman told AFP.

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.

Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave. Footage of the mass of migrants storming the territory of just 84,000 people sparked a national crisis, and Madrid’s socialist government has

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.

Spanish flags whipped in the wind as the beach lit up. 14:27, Fri, Aug 28, 2026 Updated: 14:28, Fri, Aug 28, 2026 Street furniture and other items are set alight during a demonstration at Ceuta (Image: Marcos Moreno / Europa Press, S.A. / Avalon)These shocking pictures of riot police and a beach fires show tensions ram

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.

A dangerous Albanian criminal also sawed through bars and clambered down knotted sheets to breach prison walls 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

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.