Keywords: Migration


Leo XIV highlights migrant dignity during Paris visit ahead of major Mass

Pope Leo XIV has used his visit to Paris to highlight the importance of social inclusion and peaceful coexistence, meeting migrants and refugees at a church-supported centre before presiding over a large public Mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. The pontiff began the second day of......

Channel crossings rise as UK records busiest day of 2026

The United Kingdom recorded its busiest day of 2026 for small-boat arrivals across the English Channel on September 23, when 781 people reached the country in 10 boats, according to provisional Home Office figures. The latest arrivals brought the provisional number of people crossing the Channel by small......

Bourita reaffirms Morocco-Spain partnership while addressing migration tensions

Morocco and Spain are seeking to maintain their bilateral partnership while managing renewed tensions over irregular migration in Ceuta. Speaking in New York after talks with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Moroccan Foreign......

Bourita says responsibility for migrant returns lies with Spain if repatriations are delayed

Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has said that responsibility for the return of irregular migrants and unaccompanied minors from Spain rests with the Spanish side if repatriations do not take place. Bourita made the remarks in New York on Thursday following talks with his Spanish counterpart,......

Sánchez praises Morocco’s security efforts to prevent new mass crossings into Ceuta and Melilla

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has praised Morocco’s security efforts after authorities prevented a new attempted mass crossing toward the Spanish-administered cities of Ceuta and Melilla on September 23. The attempted crossings followed calls circulating on social media encouraging......

Ceuta expels 12 Moroccan nationals for five years after violent crime convictions

A court in Ceuta has ordered the expulsion from Spain of 12 Moroccan nationals for five years after they were convicted in separate cases involving violent thefts and attacks against security personnel and military members. The defendants received prison sentences ranging from nine months to two years.......

Sánchez acknowledges Morocco’s security deployment after Ceuta and Melilla migration alert

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has acknowledged Morocco’s strengthened security presence around the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, saying the Moroccan deployment helped prevent another large-scale attempt to enter the two Spanish-administered territories. Speaking to reporters in New......

Morocco arrests 10 over online calls for irregular migration to Ceuta and Melilla

Moroccan authorities have arrested 10 people suspected of using social media to spread false information and encourage collective attempts to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla irregularly, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN). The arrests, announced on September......

Ceuta: Seven Moroccan migrants intercepted while attempting sea crossing by kayak

Spanish authorities have intercepted seven Moroccan migrants who were attempting to leave Ceuta by kayak and reach mainland Spain, highlighting continued maritime movement from the North African enclave following the large migration influx recorded in late July. The Spanish Civil Guard stopped three......