On a single Thursday in late July, nearly 50,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta — Spain's small enclave pressed against the North African coast — by sea and by land, in numbers that forced Europe to confront, once again, the unresolved tension between human movement and political borders. Spain deployed troops and police, promised rapid expulsions, and found itself caught between a domestic court ruling limiting those expulsions and a chorus of European neighbors whose anti-migration politics have grown sharper than Madrid's. Beneath the immediate crisis lay older fault lines: geopolit
Spain deploys troops to Ceuta as 49,000 migrants cross from Morocco
Approximately 49,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta; at least three vehicles were set on fire and injuries reported among migrants and security personnel during violence at the Melilla border.