MADRID, Spain – The former president of Plus Ultra, Julio Martínez Sola, has confirmed during his testimony before a National Court judge that the airline allocated one percent of the 53-million-euro bailout granted during the pandemic to compensate former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for his alleged mediation in securing the rescue, though he […]
MADRID, Spain – At least 21 Moroccan migrants have been detained in Ceuta over the past hours for their alleged involvement in a fresh incident in which stones were hurled at a military patrol and Civil Guard officers, authorities have confirmed. The incident occurred on Saturday night in the vicinity of Trampolín beach, one of […]
MADRID, Spain – The Unified Association of the Civil Guard, the majority union representing the force, has denounced the lack of resources available to officers facing migration pressure in and around the autonomous city of Ceuta, as criminal networks continue to exploit dense fog conditions to traffic migrants towards the Spanish mainland. In a post […]
WASHINGTON, United States – US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused the Spanish government of having “zero control” over its border with Morocco and described the migration situation in Ceuta as “sad,” following the mass arrival of migrants from Moroccan territory. The American president took to his social media platform to voice his criticism, writing […]
MADRID, Spain – The grave migration crisis gripping Ceuta since the final week of July continues to reverberate in the international press, with the British Daily Mail publishing a report on Saturday that describes the situation as “dystopian.” The newspaper’s coverage portrays the Spanish enclave as the European Union’s only land border with Africa, a […]
MADRID, Spain – Thousands of children will return to classrooms across Ceuta on Tuesday, 8 September, but the first day of school, and likely many that follow, will be profoundly overshadowed by the crisis that has gripped the city since 30 July, when more than 70,000 migrants crossed the border with Morocco. With tensions running […]
MADRID, Spain – The mass entry of people into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July bore no resemblance to the conventional migration movements that Spain has managed over recent decades. It was neither a spontaneous phenomenon nor a desperate response to sudden economic or social circumstances. Rather, it was a carefully designed process, executed in […]
MADRID, Spain – The Spanish government has seized operational control of the port of Ceuta to facilitate the installation of temporary shelter tents capable of accommodating more than 1,000 migrants, following a local authority’s refusal to authorise the project. Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Óscar Puente signed an order on Saturday invoking emergency powers […]
MADRID, Spain – The National Police union JUPOL has denounced what it describes as a situation of governmental harassment at the highest level against officers from the General Commissariat for Immigration and Borders who prepared the report attributing responsibility to Morocco for the mass border assault in Ceuta. The union claims that the Police Directorate […]
MADRID, Spain – The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court has requested that the court assume jurisdiction over the investigation into the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta in late July, arguing that the case may involve offences including facilitation of illegal immigration, homicide, and reckless serious injury, as well as criminal organisation. The […]
