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By Inti Landauro and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The European Union should use all available leverage, including visa and trade policy, to secure cooperation from Morocco on migration,
Ceuta president Juan Jesus Vivas told the European Parliament that at least 100 people died in the border rush and thousands of migrants remain.
CEUTA: Hundreds of unaccompanied children are at risk of abuse and exploitation as they sleep rough on the streets of Ceuta after taking part in the mass migrant entry into the Spanish territory a week ago,
Spanish authorities say the majority of migrants have since returned to Morocco following last week's mass crossing into Ceuta.
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How a social media campaign triggered huge migrant surge on Ceuta
Following a court ruling protecting migrants swimming to Ceuta the previous week, accounts called on thousands to go.
After a wave of migrants poured into Ceuta from Morocco in late July 2026, social media posts claimed a video showed a dog chasing off a new arrival caught trespassing in the Spanish enclave. But the footage was filmed before the migration crisis and in the Spanish region of Murcia,
Since late July, the United States has been increasingly signalling a move to strengthen its ties with Morocco, both economically and diplomatically. In 2020, the US backed Morocco’s autonomy plan
Washington blasts Madrid for its “shameful refusal” to protect its North African exclave from a “migrant invasion.”