Moroccan police have blocked one other tried mass crossing into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, two weeks after greater than 72,000 migrants surged towards the European enclave.
A whole lot gathered close to the Moroccan border city of Fnideq, also referred to as Castillejos, on Saturday after messages circulated on social media calling for one more coordinated try to succeed in Ceuta.
Moroccan authorities deployed riot police and elevated safety across the frontier, whereas footage confirmed teams transferring towards the border.
Authorities arrested a minimum of 111 individuals making an attempt to succeed in Ceuta, based on Reuters, together with 109 individuals from sub-Saharan Africa and two Moroccan nationals.
🚨BREAKING: Tens of 1000’s of African Migrants have breached the border at Ceuta once morepic.twitter.com/3BzpJFPNft
— Basil the Nice (@BasilTheGreat) August 16, 2026
Different reviews positioned the quantity detained in the course of the wider safety operation considerably greater.
🚨NEWS: A second wave of migrants made their means into Ceuta final night time
Riot Police had been deployed alongside the border with Spanish and Moroccan authorities claiming they calmed the surge
However locals in Ceuta are saying there are hundreds extra now within the metropolis pic.twitter.com/lbEIzFHUEK
— Basil the Nice (@BasilTheGreat) August 16, 2026
Apocalypse in Ceuta Spain: A second wave of Islamic invaders have surged throughout the Spanish border and are wrecking all the things of their path.
That is substitute migration in motion.. pic.twitter.com/EBTNs3Ly6T
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 15, 2026
The operation adopted the appalling occasions of July thirtieth, when greater than 72,000 migrants descended on Ceuta within the hope of having access to Europe.
Dozens of individuals died in the course of the crossing, whereas Spanish authorities subsequently returned most of those that entered illegally to Morocco.
Spain and Morocco considerably elevated safety forward of Saturday’s invasion.
Madrid deployed tons of of extra officers to Ceuta, bringing the variety of police and Civil Guard personnel within the territory to greater than 1,600.
Moroccan authorities additionally elevated patrols and surveillance across the border.
The July inflow got here weeks after a Spanish courtroom ruling restricted the instant return of migrants intercepted whereas reaching Ceuta by sea.
The brand new arrivals have turned elements of Ceuta into an efficient slum, with the seashore strewed with litter and human waste whereas migrants maintain “combat golf equipment” by the water.
Authorities are even involved about the opportunity of a cholera outbreak.
Spain’s leftist authorities below Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has blamed legal organizations and “misinformation” circulating on social media for encouraging the July inflow.
Authorities additionally put in a floating barrier off Ceuta in an effort to stop additional crossings by sea.
Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s two territories on the North African coast, represent the European Union’s solely land borders with Africa.
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