Thousands surge into Spanish Ceuta enclave after court ruling weakens migrant deportations

At least 18 migrants died attempting the crossing; hundreds slept on streets in overwhelmed reception centers; families separated during the surge with uncertain outcomes.

At the narrow edge where Europe meets Africa, thousands of people crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in a single July day, drawn by rumor, desperation, and a recent court ruling that had quietly shifted the legal ground beneath the border. At least eighteen lives were lost in the attempt, and a city of eighty-five thousand found itself once again at the center of a much older question about who belongs where, and who decides. Spain deployed soldiers and police, Morocco and Madrid spoke of coordination, and yet the forces that move people across dangerous water — poverty, hope, the whisp

Thousands surge into Spanish Ceuta enclave after court ruling weakens migrant deportations

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