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In the wake of the July 2026 migrant crossings into occupied Ceuta, Spanish political forces, particularly the Partido Popular and Vox, have intensified efforts to drag a purely bilateral issue with Morocco, into the European Parliament and frame it as an EU-wide “hybrid attack.” This calculated move aims less at solving migration pressures than at […]
Spanish and much of the Western media have spent recent weeks fixated on the discomfort of Ceuta’s resident population following the July mass crossings. Headlines speak of strain, insecurity and an “invasion.” What they systematically downplay is the far greater human cost borne by the migrants themselves once they set foot on the enclave’s territory. […]
European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner has commended Morocco’s cooperation which facilitated the return of most of the people who entered Ceuta illegally within a matter of hours after the mass crossing end of July 2026. In an address made Tuesday during the European Parliament Plenary debate on the situation in Ceuta, Mr. Brunner hailed […]
Spanish political and football circles have once again demonstrated their willingness to weaponize sport for short-term political gain, this time by dragging the July migrant crisis in Ceuta into the debate over the 2030 FIFA World Cup final. Last Friday, Rafael Louzán, president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), travelled to Ceuta accompanied by national […]
The mass irregular crossings into Ceuta at the end of July 2026 have been transformed into a domestic political football in Spain. Opposition parties are competing in increasingly confrontational language that critics describe as warmongering, while indulging anti-Moroccan sentiment and reopening centuries-old territorial and historical wounds, often without presenting whatsoever evidence of high-level Moroccan state […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez firmly rejected any suggestion of Moroccan involvement in the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta (Sebta) at the end of July, instead praising Rabat’s “instantaneous” and “frankly positive” cooperation. Speaking on Cadena SER’s Hoy por Hoy program on August 31, Sánchez addressed the events of July 30 and 31, when tens […]