The human tragedy was undeniable: around 60,000 desperate people surging across a breakwater barrier from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last Thursday, some drowning and others trampling their fellow migrants underfoot,

Last week's deadly surge of migrants into Spain's North African enclave Ceuta did not "compromise" the European Union's visa-free Schengen travel zone, the Spanish interior minister said on

Tens of thousands of migrants rushed into Spain's north African territory of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco in late July 2026, but video circulating on social media of hundreds of people walking across a hillside is unrelated to the influx.

For the first time since the asylum reform took effect, a member state is facing a crisis. Spain is coming under pressure—including from other EU countries.

Around 60,000 migrants have crossed into the Spanish enclave in North Africa over the past day, Ceuta's head of government said.

The crisis in Ceuta is likely to be contained, and quickly. But if Europe’s reaction to a surge of immigration is to isolate individual states, rather than to use the tools it created to protect freedom and manage human displacement in a globalized world, Schengen really is at risk.

Spain threatened on Friday to impose restrictions on travellers from Italy unless Rome lifts by Sunday the border controls it introduced last week

The European Union defended its response to a recent surge of migrants into Ceuta, Spain, asserting that the integrity of the Schengen Area remains intact. , Europe, Times Now

Spain's minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Tuesday that the recent migrant crisis in Ceuta had never placed the Schengen area at risk as he called on Italy to reconsider its decision to suspend the free movement agreement for

About 70,000 of the 72,000 people who came to Ceuta illegally last week have been returned to Morocco, Spain says.