The border crisis in Ceuta

Morocco blames the crisis in Ceuta on disinformation

Morocco breaks its silence on the Ceuta crisis, blaming disinformation and people smugglers, Reuters reports.

The country's interior ministry also says that some migrants were encouraged by a ruling in Spain's Supreme Court that people who reach the enclave by water should be treated differently. This theory has been dismissed by several experts who believe that the rush to the border was likely coordinated by the Moroccan government.

Morocco also says that around 40,000 people tried to reach Ceuta. Previously, the Spanish government estimated that there were around 50,000, and local authorities in Ceuta say 60,000.

Sources: Moroccan agents among migrants in Ceuta

Spain has discovered Moroccan intelligence agents among the migrants who have reached the exclave of Ceuta in recent days. This is reported by sources within the Guardia Civil for El Español.

The agents were identified using camera surveillance along the border.

According to the sources, it is not the first time that intelligence personnel have been found among migrants during similar rushes towards the borders in Ceuta and Melilla.

The death toll in Ceuta rises to 72: “It pains me”

The number of people who have died in connection with the border rush in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday and Friday has risen to 72, Reuters reports.

In addition to the fatalities, more than 1,000 people have been treated by the medical services since Thursday.

– It pains me deeply that young people are dying at sea. It is not right that women with children as young as two months old should cross the sea only to die in 2026, says Ceuta resident Karima Abenaz to the news agency.

The border crisis in Ceuta — it's about the matter

• Around 50,000 migrants crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday and Friday.
• At least 72 people drowned or were trampled to death while trying to enter, according to Spanish authorities.
• Over 48,000 of the migrants had voluntarily returned to Morocco after a day.
• Spain has deployed the military and Italy has suspended the Schengen agreement with Spain as a result of the crisis.
• EU countries are demanding joint action, and an extraordinary ministerial meeting on Ceuta is scheduled for Tuesday after the events.