Melilla
- Aug 23
Morocco demands return of 3,000 minors from Ceuta and claims North African enclaves
Rabat has offered to send buses to the Ceuta border to repatriate underage migrants following an influx of 80,000 people, while asserting territorial claims over Ceuta and Melilla.
- Aug 3
Ceuta border crisis exposes EU migration pact flaws as 60,000 attempt crossing, at least 72 dead
A mass attempt by 60,000 people to enter the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco left at least 72 dead and exposed deep divisions over migration policy, as EU interior ministers held an emergency meeting on Tuesday.
- Jul 9
Spain's Supreme Court bans 'hot returns' of migrants intercepted at sea near Ceuta and Melilla
The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that migrants intercepted at sea while attempting to swim to Ceuta or Melilla cannot be summarily returned to Morocco, and must instead be processed under standard immigration procedures.
