Ceuta
Look at These Photos of People Swimming Into Europe From Africa
A record number of people arrived in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco after Moroccan border guards reportedly stood down.
When Your Town Is So Boring You Have to Hop a Border to Party
The Spanish enclave of Ceuta is not an exciting place to live – let alone to rave. And so privileged-enough kids freely cross the border with Morocco for a proper night out.
Moroccan Migrant Suffocates in Suitcase While Trying to Reach Spain
The 27-year-old man was attempting to cross into Spain from the country's enclave of Melilla on the North African coast and the suitcase was inside the trunk of his brother's car, who has been arrested.
Hundreds of Migrants Seek Refuge in Church After Moroccan Police Raid
The migrants have been left with nowhere to go after being evicted from the Tangier neighborhood of Boukhalef during a police raid last week.
Spain Claims to Have Busted Another Islamic State Recruitment Cell
The arrests are directly related to an operation that broke up another network last December that was recruiting young women and sending them to join radical militants in Syria and Iraq.
Morocco Raids Migrant Camp Amid Mass Campaign to Grant Residency
Some 600 migrants who had learned of the impending raid stormed the fence around Melilla to try and cross into Europe.
Six Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Moroccan Coast
Thousands of migrants make dangerous crossings each year to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa, which are seen as gateways for immigration to Europe.
Spain Jails Four Accused of Recruiting Women for the Islamic State
A Spanish judge jailed four suspects who were allegedly part of a jihadist network that has managed to send 12 people to fight with the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Syrian Refugees Are Being Held Indefinitely in a Spanish Exclave
Ceuta is a small Spanish-administered town in North Africa separated from mainland Spain by the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Many Syrian refugees have gotten caught trying to sneak onto the mainland from Ceuta and...
Hundreds of African Migrants are Still Jumping Fences into Europe
Some 1,600 sub-Saharan migrants have jumped across a fence that separates Africa from Europe since the beginning of the year.
Video Shows Ecstatic African Migrants Fleeing Into Europe
More than 200 sub-Saharan migrants managed to climb over a triple-layer border fence into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla.