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The National High Court has already begun the denial of requests from migrants, most of them from Morocco, as a last resort before the return to the country of origin
Videos given to Judge Tardon show passive Moroccan gendarmes or pointing the way to Ceuta on July 30
The European Commission has unveiled a new plan to give Frontex more resources to ensure the return of irregular migrants, including by supporting non-EU countries. The move comes after the tragedy in Ceuta.
The deportation was the first of its kind since a mass border crossing into the territory from Morocco in July.
Police send their statements to Judge Tardon, who summoned them this Wednesday for questioning.
The judge cites three Moroccans who accessed the city during the mass entrance as witnesses
The associations ensure that the deadlines are not being respected, while the Interior claims a lack of resources or that the responses are late
The 26-year-old Ceuti managed the Sidi Embarek women's solidarity camp and now joins the left-wing coalition lists for the High House
Moroccan police intercepted a migrant swimming towards Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta
Navy patrol 'Pinto Island' was about to collide with a military boat from Rabat
Police return 16 sub-Saharan citizens to neighbouring country
The officer tells the National High Court that six Moroccan vessels were seen in the area during the previous day.
More than 70,000 people entered Ceuta irregularly from Morocco, triggering border security concerns in the EU bloc.
Italy has extended by another week its suspension of the European Union's border-free travel arrangements with Spain over a surge in migrant arrivals in Ceuta in late July, an Italian government source said on Friday. A Spanish government spokesperson said the interior ministers of both countries would work over the coming week on lifting the border controls.
Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags filled Ceuta on Tuesday as King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia made a diplomatically sensitive visit to the city following July's migrant influx from Morocco. Their trip is the first royal visit since 2007, when a diplomatic crisis erupted with neighbouring Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Spain's other North African territory of Melilla.
King Felipe VI on Tuesday said Ceuta and Melilla were "an inalienable part" of Spain as he made a landmark visit to the north African territories claimed by neighbouring Morocco. "Ceuta and Melilla are an inalienable part of the political and national reality that is Spain. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country are not negotiable," Felipe said. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with the monarch reaffirming Spain’s sovereignty over the North African enclaves claimed by Morocco. The landmark visit comes amid strained relations with Rabat and the aftermath of a mass migrant influx that saw makeshift camps cleared ahead of the royals’ arrival.
Spain’s King Felipe is visiting Ceuta for the first time in his reign, amid an ongoing migration crisis there.
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta for the first time since 2007, amid tensions with Morocco following July’s migration crisis, when more than 70,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave. Most returned to Morocco, but thousands remained, and dozens died. Morocco claims sovereignty over Ceuta, making the royal visit diplomatically sensitive. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris has more from Madrid.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia are visiting Ceuta months after more than 70,000 migrants arrived from Morocco. While most have returned, thousands remain. The visit has divided residents and risks reigniting diplomatic tensions with Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla.
