Who Opened the Border at Ceuta?

The manufactured crisis of Ceuta

A ride from Tangier, the largest city in northern Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta takes less than two hours. The border crossing has its own, sleepier rhythm, quite different from the tourist-driven bustle of Tangier. In Ceuta, traders run their errands, Morocco-based expats make visa runs and Spanish people catch ferries to the mainland. On most days, the border crossing seems almost ordinary. The fences, though menacing and topped with…

Ceuta crisis: Limits of European solidarity

On July 30, thousands of people began arriving in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa that borders Morocco. The number reached nearly 60,000 people within just 24 hours. Altho...

Political scientist Carlos Echeverria Jesus: 'The Ceuta crisis reflects Morocco's territorial ambitions'

After 72,000 migrants from the Moroccan city of Fnideq reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 30 and 31, the director of the Ceuta and Melilla Observatory analyzes the state of relations between Morocco and its Spanish neighbor in an interview with Le Monde.

Who Opened the Border at Ceuta?

By Carlos Martinez  –  Aug 6, 2026 CARLOS MARTINEZ shows how EU, Israel and US shenanigans were used in an attempt to destabilise Spain’s mildly socialist government ON JULY 30-31, something in the region of 60,000 Moroccans crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. At least 72 died on the Spanish side of the border, drowned in the Mediterranean or crushed in the attempt. Within days, the great majority had returned to Morocco, many of them vol…