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‘Armada of Solidarity’ with dozens of vessels sets sail for Ceuta this Saturday
CEUTA, Spain – A spontaneous citizen initiative has organised a nautical journey to the autonomous city from numerous ports in the south of the peninsula as a gesture of solidarity and fraternity with the people of Ceuta, one month after the migration avalanche that overwhelmed the city, with participants dubbing it the Armada of Solidarity. […]
Residents Set Fire To Migrant Camp On Ceuta Beach As Tensions Reach Boiling Point
CEUTA, Spain – The spark that has pushed Ceuta to the brink of social explosion was ignited on Friday, literally, as a group of residents set fire to a migrant camp on Benítez beach, nearly one month after the mass entry of more than 80,000 people into the autonomous city. A cordon of riot police […]
Military And Guardia Civil In Ceuta Demand Government Allow Use Of Force Amid Escalating Crisis
CEUTA, Spain – Military personnel and Guardia Civil officers deployed in Ceuta have called on the government to permit the use of proportionate force in response to growing violence, as the migration crisis in the autonomous city becomes increasingly entrenched with between 8,000 and 10,000 irregular migrants continuing to live in precarious conditions on the […]
Nepal Confirms Two Spaniards Located After Deadly Flash Flood, Death Toll Reaches 633
KATHMANDU, Nepal – The Nepal Tourism Board has confirmed that two Spanish nationals have been located after initially being reported missing, following the massive flash flood that has claimed more than 600 lives and left nearly 3,000 people unaccounted for in Nepal and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. The official body included the two Spaniards in […]
Ceuta Police Fire Warning Shots as Residents Clash with Migrants
CEUTA, Spain – Tensions over the migration crisis in Ceuta escalated on Wednesday night as confrontations broke out between angry residents and police, with officers forced to fire warning shots into the air to disperse demonstrators. The disturbances began after thousands of Ceuta residents gathered at the Government Delegation to demand the expulsion of migrants […]
12 Arrested After Migrants Ambush Army Vehicle in Ceuta, 4 Soldiers Injured
CEUTA, Spain – Twelve Moroccan migrants have been arrested in Ceuta after allegedly participating in an attack that injured four soldiers in the Benzú area, where a group of between 30 and 40 people ambushed them and threw large stones at their vehicle, according to sources from the Superior Police Headquarters. The incident occurred around […]
Ceuta Residents: ‘Get Them Off The Streets, We Can’t Live Like This’
CEUTA, Spain – One month after the mass entry of more than 80,000 migrants, residents of Ceuta say the situation has gone from bad to worse, with an estimated 10,000 immigrants still wandering the streets, including some 3,000 minors, according to local government and police union figures. Elderly people are carrying pepper spray in their […]
Two ‘No Name Kitchen’ Activists Arrested in Ceuta for Inciting Violence
CEUTA, Spain – Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska confirmed on Thursday the arrest of two individuals, a Canadian and a German national, in Ceuta after they allegedly encouraged groups that violently confronted security agents deployed in the city. The detainees were reportedly collaborating as volunteers with the NGO “No Name Kitchen”, an organisation that has publicly […]
Ceuta Protests Force Government Reversal on Migrant Sports Centres
CEUTA, Spain – Approximately 2,000 people took to the streets of Ceuta on Tuesday, 26 days after the mass arrival of illegal migrants to the city, expressing their rejection of the permanence and relocation of irregular migrants in various facilities across the autonomous city. The protest began outside the Fiscer barracks as a show of […]
Congress Forces Sánchez To Bring Forward Ceuta Appearance To September 3
MADRID, Spain – The Congressional Board of Spokespersons has forced Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to bring forward his appearance before the lower house to September 3 to report on the migration crisis in Ceuta, after the government had proposed September 9 as the date. The government had registered the request for the prime minister’s voluntary […]