France refuses to follow 22 European countries after the Ceuta crisis. Paris believes their initiative primarily targets the Spanish government and favors a response developed with Madrid and the Moroccan authorities.
Morocco has almost all the services Muslim tourists expect. Yet the GMTI 2026 ranking reveals a surprising weakness: the Kingdom does a poor job of promoting and marketing the heritage that should be one of its main advantages.
Morocco refuses to be reduced to the role of Europe’s policeman after the Ceuta crisis. A government source says the kingdom is protecting its own territory and cooperating as a sovereign partner, not as a subcontractor tasked with holding back migrants.
Aziz Akhannouch returned to Morocco on Sunday evening, less than 48 hours after leaving for Majorca. The private trip by the head of government sparked numerous reactions because of its timing, as the country remained affected by the Ceuta crisis.
Google Maps continues to draw the borders of Ceuta and Melilla with dotted lines. This representation, reserved for disputed territorial boundaries, regularly brings Morocco’s claim back to the center of the debate in Spain.
Morocco says that misleading information convinced some would-be migrants that reaching Sebta by swimming would protect them from immediate return. Smuggling networks allegedly exploited this confusion.
An opinion piece published in Spain imagines an agreement on co-sovereignty with Morocco , followed ten years later by the complete transfer of Ceuta and Melilla to the Kingdom. A scenario that remains fictional, but which brings this possibility into the Spanish debate.
They had swum for hours and risked their lives to reach Ceuta. A few hours later, thousands of young people were nevertheless trying to return to Morocco , after discovering hunger, the streets and the impossibility of reaching mainland Spain.
Crossing into Ceuta does not entitle anyone to a monthly income, unemployment benefit, or housing. Emergency assistance may be granted to vulnerable people, but it depends on specific criteria and available places.
Morocco ranks 20th among the countries of origin of major arms transferred to Ukraine since the beginning of the war, with a volume close to those attributed to Spain and Belgium.
Hamza had a job and a salary that many young Moroccans would envy. Yet a few videos he saw on TikTok and Instagram convinced him to abandon everything for Sebta. Two days later, he was sleeping hidden in an alley.
Young Moroccans crossed the Ceuta border after believing they would be housed and then allowed to travel to mainland Spain. Some discovered the truth after spending a night outside: no guaranteed shelter, no visa and sometimes not even anything to eat.