Ceuta migrant surge deepens Spain-Israel rift amid speculation over Morocco's role

At least 67 people died attempting to cross into Ceuta; tens of thousands of migrants were displaced or forcibly returned to Morocco.

On a single day in late July, more than 50,000 people attempted to cross into Ceuta — Spain's small enclave on the Moroccan coast — and at least 67 of them did not survive the attempt. The crossing was too large, too coordinated, and too politically convenient to be explained by any single cause, and so the question of why it happened became as consequential as the event itself. What unfolded was not merely a migration crisis but a collision of colonial history, geopolitical grievance, and the quiet pressures that powerful states exert on smaller ones — a reminder that borders are never only l

Ceuta migrant surge deepens Spain-Israel rift amid speculation over Morocco's role

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