Why Ceuta migrants are still desperate to leave Morocco

Why Ceuta migrants are still desperate to leave Morocco  The Times

Although most of about 80,000 people who swarmed into the tiny North African territory have gone back, it is estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 remain.

The La Liga champions cancelled a pre-season friendly as a result of the ongoing crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta

Officials: Up to 5,000 migrants still in Ceuta  CNN

[DW] With over 3,000 migrants still in Ceuta after rushing the border last week, Ceuta leader Juan Jesus Vivas warns the situation in the Spanish exclave is "unsustainable." Hundreds of those migrants are minors.

Morocco has sentenced 11 people to prison and fines over their role in the mass invasion of the North African Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week.

Barcelona on Thursday said they would not contest a friendly in Tangiers due to "uncertainty", a week after an unprecedented migrant rush from Morocco to Spain's territory of Ceuta.

Ceuta's leader said between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants are still in the north African territory.

Tens of thousands of people have travelled across the Moroccan border into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on the North African coast.

Between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the Spanish territory of Ceuta following the arrival of many times that number of people last week, the north African exclave's leader has said.

After migrant surge from Morocco, EU says Spain assured Schengen is safe but warns Europe's borders are 'vulnerable'.

The Spanish territory's mayor-president also says 100 deaths occurred as a result of 78,000 migrants crossing from neighbouring Morocco.

'Morocco has given me nothing': The young migrants risking everything to reach Ceuta Olivia Hooper on Thu, 08/06/2026 - 09:23 Thousands of Moroccans fleeing economic despair risked their lives to reach Ceuta, only to face forced deportations A boy on the beach at the Morocco-Ceuta border,