Online rumors, misleading legal claims and videos of successful crossings helped shape the movement toward Ceuta, where at least 100 people have died. But social media was only one factor in a crisis also shaped by economic pressure1
Greece has recorded a notable drop in migrant sea arrivals in the first six months of the year. Illegal entries from Turkey even dropped by well over half compared to the same period in 2025.
Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner says the EU has managed the immediate crisis in Spain’s North African enclave. But Ceuta also shows that Europe’s border policy remains dependent on neighboring countries and vulnerable to polit1
Police in Thetford have made five arrests after three nights of disorder in which crowds targeted homes believed to accommodate asylum seekers and officers were injured while intervening. The unrest comes amid a wider political disp1
Eight suspected people smugglers have been arrested on the Italian island of Sardinia. They stand accused of having brought dozens of migrants to Italy illegally from the Algerian coast.