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 ...

These days, Melilla is surrounded by a wide ditch, 20-foot-tall chain-link fences and guard towers equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance technology.

Melilla and Ceuta, another Spanish enclave, have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa, making them a frequent target for mass crossings.The episode on Friday was the first since ...

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.

A spokesperson for the Spanish government's office in Melilla said about 2,000 people tried to enter, but many were stopped by Spanish and Moroccan forces on either side of the border fence.

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 ...

Dozens of migrants were pictured lying by a Moroccan border fence, some bleeding and many apparently lifeless, in video showing the aftermath of an attempted mass crossing into a Spanish enclave ...

Item 1 of 5 Protesters gather outside Melilla's short-stay migrants centre CETI after at least 23 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish enclave, in Melilla, Spain, June 27, 2022.

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 ...

The Melilla authorities described the events on October 15 as “an extremely tense massive assault” marked by violence by the migrants, ...

For centuries, Ceuta and Melilla were vital port cities, offering protection for Spanish ships and acting as trading posts between Europe and Africa. In the 1930s, ...