Spain Reinforces Ceuta and Melilla Ahead of Feared New Mass Crossing
Spain has reinforced Ceuta and Melilla amid warnings of a possible new mass crossing from Morocco on 23 September.
Spain has reinforced Ceuta and Melilla amid warnings of a possible new mass crossing from Morocco on 23 September.
Spanish riot police and military personnel have begun clearing Ceuta beaches as around 10,000 migrants remain following July’s mass border crossing.
Italy has extended border controls involving Spain as Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani explicitly cites jihadist cells around Ceuta and the risk of infiltration following July’s migration crisis.
The EU is preparing an emergency framework allowing temporary flexibility in normal procedures when mass migration is deliberately engineered and weaponised.
Declassified records show Spain’s CNI detected mobilisation before the Ceuta border collapse as a court investigates what happened to the warnings.