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Poll: Spaniards Say Ceuta Crisis Could Spark Armed Conflict with Morocco

Von der Leyen’s gesture gave Feijóo a prominent spot as the EPP projected unity during Spain’s election campaign.

  • On Tuesday, Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited the North African territory of Ceuta, a city experiencing an extended migration crisis that has revealed cultural and religious fault lines.
  • Roughly 80,000 individuals crossed from Morocco in late July, spurred by false online rumours claiming Spain had opened the border; up to 15,000 migrants remained, leaving the city under severe pressure.
  • A 2025 Caritas report found 44 per cent of Muslim households are marginalised, compared to 28 per cent of the city's overall population, while Luna Blanca spokesperson Halima Ahmed noted workers distribute 3,000 to 5,000 meals daily.
  • Spain's royals attended a ceremony at a Muslim cemetery to memorialise the more than 140 migrants who died attempting to cross in July; as the crisis stretches into its third month, residents express exhaustion.
  • Local resident Mustafa described Ceuta's image of coexistence as a "mirage," saying, "It's a tourism slogan, but it doesn't reflect reality," amid tensions among the city's 84,000 residents.
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The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will take his plan to shield borders and allow immediate expulsions this Thursday with the aim of not repeating "hybrid attacks" like the one that Ceuta lived in at the end of July, when around 80,000 immigrants entered massively. There, he will again denounce the "inaction" and the "neglectful abandonment" by the government of Pedro Sánchez, which, according to the formation, has been suffering the au…

·Madrid, Spain
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Ivars and Ussía debate in another episode of La Quota about the beginning of the electoral campaign, the housing situation, the King's visit to Ceuta and the leak over Morocco

·Madrid, Spain
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The PP leader requests an appearance by Sánchez at the Permanent Delegation of Congress

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The PP brings the Moroccan naval presence to the National High Court and will transfer the case to its European partners this Thursday in Brussels. More information: The REW32 Electronic War Group warned of the intrusion of Moroccan ships in Ceuta: their report was not declassified.

·Spain
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Filipe VI's visit to Ceuta highlights Sánchez's management of the migration crisis. A month and a half before the elections, the theme returns to the campaign. Between Ceuta and Maricarmen, which one will determine the electoral result?

·Lisboa, Portugal
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While more than 80,000 people entered Spanish territory along the Tarajal border at the end of July, Moroccan navy ships sailed through Spanish waters. This fact is of "extreme gravity" for Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who has demanded the president of the government to give explanations in the Permanent Council of the Congress of Deputies. The PP president has charged Pedro Sánchez by defining what happened as "the negligent and unforgivable abandonme…

·Madrid, Spain
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El Mundo broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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