Spanish media report that commercial activity at the Morocco–Ceuta and Morocco–Melilla border crossings has been temporarily suspended during the “Marhaba” transit operation, which runs from June 15 ...

Migrants spend years trying to get to Melilla, Spain — an enclave city on the African continent. It's a perilous journey that led to dozens of deaths in June.

Ceuta and its larger sister city Melilla, situated some 400km further south along the coast, trace their Spanish past to the 15th Century. Coveted by Morocco, they have long been a flashpoint in ...

There has been no credible investigation or justice for the victims of the horrific violence and deaths of asylum seekers and migrants at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of ...

After the Melilla massacre, protests were held in over 60 cities and towns across Spain. Common chants included “these are not deaths, they are murders” and “no human being is illegal”.

In Melilla, one ambulance was parked 100m from the border, but officials says they couldn’t get closer for safety reasons. In Morocco, ambulances were present throughout the day, ...

S ince last summer, on the 24th of every month, Marisa Amaro and Maite Echarte have driven up to the fence around the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Morocco’s northern coast to tie bunches of flowers ...

Melilla remains a crucial final stop on many migratory routes to Europe. Daily life has resumed, as if nothing had changed — even though the memory of that day hangs heavily over the city, its ...

NADOR/MELILLA, Spain . The Spanish enclave of Melilla, one of Africa's main gateways to Europe, has had to deal with a new major influx of migrants every year.

The “Left Populist” Podemos party has refused a parliamentary inquiry into the June 24 massacre of 37 refugees in Melilla, joining its social-democratic government partner, the Socialist Party ...

The tiny Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla sit on the northern shores of Morocco's Mediterranean coast. Together they form the European Union's only land borders with Africa. Ceuta and its ...