Brussels presses Meta and TikTok on Ceuta migration rumours
False social media posts claiming Spain's Ceuta enclave had opened its border helped push around 72,000 people to cross from Morocco on 30-31 July, and at least 80 people died.
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Pro-Russian accounts pushed to turn Spain's Ceuta migrant crisis into an EU-breaking story
After migrants crossed in large numbers into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, Spain and Italy began checking IDs at their shared borders again, straining the EU's normally open-border area known as Schengen.
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Spain and Italy Impose Border Checks on Each Other Amid Ceuta Migration Dispute
Spain and Italy have started checking travelers crossing between their two countries, each retaliating after the other imposed checks first.
EU migration chief urges pressure on Morocco to prevent another Ceuta crossing
The EU's migration commissioner, Magnus Brunner, says Brussels should use trade deals and visa rules as leverage over Morocco to stop another mass crossing like the one a week earlier, when tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta, a Spanish territory on the coast of North Africa.
EU ministers skip punishing Spain over migrant surge, tighten border rules instead
A surge of migrants crossing into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, led 22 EU countries to demand Spain be punished, even suspended from Schengen, the EU zone where people can travel without passport checks.
EU ministers may reinstate border checks across Europe over Spain's migration crisis
EU interior ministers meet Tuesday to decide whether to bring back border checks across Schengen, Europe's passport-free travel zone, after a migration crisis at Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa.
Italy reinstates border checks on travelers arriving from Spain, bypassing Brussels
Italy has reinstated passport checks on non-EU travelers arriving from Spain, using a Schengen rule that lets any EU country restore border checks on its own, only informing Brussels afterward.
Spain Faces Criticism From 22 EU Countries Over Migrant Crossings Into Ceuta
Leaders from 22 EU countries have criticized Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez over how Spain handled a surge of migrants crossing into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa.
Italy, Finland and Austria Want Spain Suspended From Europe's Passport-Free Travel Area
Italy, Finland and Austria are demanding that Spain be suspended from Schengen, the European agreement that lets people cross many borders without passport checks, after about 60,000 people crossed into Spain's Ceuta enclave in North Africa.
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60,000 migrants cross into Spain's Ceuta in a day; France tightens its border
About 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, within 24 hours, up from roughly 50,000 the day before.