As the EU rolls out its new, stricter migration pact, Morocco intensifies crackdown and interceptions of sub-Saharan Africans ...

The Melilla government has urged Spanish authorities to act swiftly and coordinate with Morocco to put an end to the long queues seen daily at the Beni Ansar border crossing, which it says are causing ...

As some Republican voices in the United States question Spain’s «sovereignty» over Ceuta and Melilla, including ...

After the May holidays, the next major national holiday in Spain will be August 15 for the Assumption of the Virgin. However, ...

Spain’s government delegation in Melilla has denied claims that the border crossing with Morocco was shut down over hantavirus fears. Officials called the reports “completely false” and urged ...

It is 10am on a Wednesday, but the long road to the border is deserted. Almost every shop along it is closed. The scene outside the asylum office is like the aftermath of a skirmish. It’s strewn with ...

A committee of the United States House of Representatives has formally described Ceuta and Melilla as Spanish-administered cities “located in Moroccan territory,” marking what appears to be the first ...

In theory, a NATO state can trigger the alliance’s Article 5 to request assistance in the event it is attacked. But the collective defence clause doesn’t apply everywhere, and its geographical scope ...

MADRID — Spain's government on Tuesday finalized a migrant amnesty measure it had announced earlier this year, paving the way for hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working without ...

June 24, 2025, is the third anniversary of one of the most devastating episodes in recent European border history: the mass attempt by 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants to cross into the Spanish enclave of ...

Residents in the Spanish enclave of Melilla will this week celebrate the 250th anniversary of the actions of an Irish general who broke a siege on the city. Waterford-born John Sherlock, known in ...