The Russia-Iran alliance merges the wars of Ukraine and the Gulf
What began as two separate wars on two different continents has been dangerously converging into a single direction for months. The chain is now fully visible:…
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How has Spain become a powder keg? The cocktail that has fueled the devastating wildfires, in charts
On July 2, 1994, a fire in Villarluengo (Teruel) caused by a lightning strike began what has gone down in Spanish history as “the black week”. In just…
The odyssey of Sudanese who cross Africa to reach Europe by swimming through Ceuta: their child soldiers are trained by Colombian paramilitaries
Amadou Abdulkarim holds his mobile phone at face level while making a video call to a relative. On his phone screen appears the face of a woman. It is…
Failure in crises haunts Sánchez until the end: lack of foresight and late reaction, from Covid to Ceuta
“A Government that works.” It is the definition Pedro Sánchez gave of his own just five days ago, praising the number of laws passed and assuring that his…
Exodus in reverse 24 hours later between Ceuta and Morocco: “We are leaving. Spain hasn’t even given us water”
Youssef -barefoot, shirtless, with salt and sweat stains on his face- walks in the opposite direction to the route he took two days ago. His journey, although it had moments of…
The old claim of Morocco over the “occupied” Ceuta and Melilla fuels the narrative of the reign of Mohamed VI
As if in Ceuta there was not a flood crossing the Moroccan border in an “attack on the integrity of Spain,” in the words of Pedro Sánchez, at such…
“A Morocco got out of hand”: the first analyses on the Ceuta avalanche point to Rabat
The swim crossing at El Tarajal was a constant trickle of people since the summer began. Eight, nine, or 10 individuals arrived daily at the Ceuta coast, something to…
Spain suffers the greatest crisis at its borders due to the “permissiveness of Morocco” and the Government’s paralysis for eight hours
Unstoppable. To the cry of “Long live Spain!”. Embraced. In tears. Mostly young males of Moroccan origin. But also hundreds of minors. Some…
Mobilization through networks, end of ‘hot returns’ by swimming, and the fog: reasons for the migratory surge in Ceuta
In September 2024, a court in Ceuta partially upheld the appeal filed by an Algerian citizen who had been intercepted “when he intended to enter…
Swimmers who have caused a new migration crisis in Ceuta: "There are more than 3,000 people waiting on the beaches of Morocco to cross"
The narrow road leading to the gate of the Ceuta immigrant reception center is a hive of people coming and going, with no apparent destination. Many…