AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - White House condemns Spain as thousands of migrants pour into Ceuta from Morocco and Madrid refuses emergency declaration
Spain's socialist government denied a formal emergency declaration as thousands of migrants surged from Morocco into its North African enclave of Ceuta, and the White House says the crisis proves what President Trump has warned Europe about for years. More than 2,000 migrants crossed the border into the tiny Spanish territory over a ten-day stretch […] The post White House condemns Spain as thousands of migrants pour into Ceuta from Morocco and Madrid refuses emergency declaration appeared first on American Almanac .
Spain's socialist government denied a formal emergency declaration as thousands of migrants surged from Morocco into its North African enclave of Ceuta, and the White House says the crisis proves what President Trump has warned Europe about for years. More than 2,000 migrants crossed the border into the tiny Spanish territory over a ten-day stretch ending July 30, 2026, according to Ceuta officials. They came on foot and by swimming, climbing rocky shores and overwhelming police at the city's breakwater, Fox News reported . Spain's Guardia Civil described scenes of officers simply outnumbered as migrants worked around border fences and poured onto the rocks. Ceuta's president, Juan Jesús Vivas, responded by formally requesting that…Open