Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta in security crackdown

According to a European Parliament resolution adopted in June 2021, Moroccan police temporarily eased controls at the border of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave of about 83,000 people on the North African coast, and failed to stop thousands of people from entering. The resolution…

Huge crowds of men were seen storming the border crossing at the northern tip of the African continent.

Moroccan migrants are protesting in Ceuta, demanding asylum two weeks after more than a massive migrant surge.

Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30.

Hundreds attempt to storm Spanish enclave two weeks after mass crossing

Hundreds attempt to storm Spanish enclave two weeks after mass crossing

Ceuta border crackdown sees arrests after fresh mass crossing calls

Hundreds of migrants have been apprehended at the border between Morocco and Spain, just weeks after a mass-crossing attempt left at least 80 people dead.

Security had been stepped up amid suggestions on social media of a second mass crossing on Saturday.

At least 111 people have been arrested for trying to get into Ceuta following another call on social media for a mass crossing of migrants.