CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports from El Trampolín Beach in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta where hundreds of migrants have set up camp on the beach as they await to be processed.
A hospital doctor in Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta says the facility has treated at least five girls under 14 for alleged rape, cases she links to a massive border crossing that overwhelmed the small city's shelters and left migrant children living on the streets. Dr. Susana Ascaso, an emergency physician at the University […] The post At least five girls under 14 allegedly raped in Ceuta after 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco appeared first on American Almanac .
A hospital doctor in Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta says the facility has treated at least five girls under 14 for alleged rape, cases she links to a massive border crossing that overwhelmed the small city's shelters and left migrant children living on the streets. Dr. Susana Ascaso, an emergency physician at the University Hospital of Ceuta, known locally as HUCE, confirmed the cases to the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta . She described treating "cases of rape of migrant girls" in the roughly two weeks since approximately 72,000 migrants surged across the sea border from Morocco on the final day of July. The girls are believed to have arrived during that crossing. They ended up on the streets, Ascaso said, "because there…Open
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As many as 60,000 North African migrants overwhelmed the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in a matter of hours last week, and though most have been returned to Morocco, at least 72 are dead and the city is still counting the cost. The surge began Thursday and continued through Friday, when tens of thousands of […] The post Ceuta reels from border surge that killed at least 72 as Spain promises fence and far-right leaders descend appeared first on American Almanac .
As many as 60,000 North African migrants overwhelmed the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in a matter of hours last week, and though most have been returned to Morocco, at least 72 are dead and the city is still counting the cost. The surge began Thursday and continued through Friday, when tens of thousands of mostly young men crossed an urban beach and a breakwater barrier from Morocco into the Spanish territory. Spanish army soldiers moved to block beach access on Friday, but by then the arrivals had already swelled Ceuta's population of 84,000 by more than half. Spanish authorities said some of the dead drowned in the crossing; others were killed in a stampede at the breakwater barrier. By Sunday, officials said most of the migrants had…Open
Europe sheltered many refugees in 2015. Its hard-line reaction to a new crisis in Ceuta shows how, 11 years on, the far right has reshaped European attitudes.
The crossing of 50,000 people to Spanish territory this week has created a crisis for the Spanish government, much as the 2015 migration crisis did for Europe’s leaders. The context is different.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was set to arrive in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in Africa, amid an escalating crisis for his pro-immigration government.
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
The arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions.
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