Melilla and its sister city Ceuta are the only land borders between African and Europe The death of at least 23 sub-Saharan migrants who were attempting to cross from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 18 May 2023 The tiny Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla sit on the northern shores of Morocco's Mediterranean coast. Together they form ...

Sometimes a flight crosses so many “firsts” off the list that booking it becomes mandatory. That was certainly the case on a recent same day out and back from Malaga to Melilla with Iberia.

Melilla is on edge about the potential impact of increased competition from the Nador West Med Port, as construction progresses and preparations for a new border crossing in Nador are underway.

A group of Sub-Saharan migrants try to escape from the police in the fields next to the border in Melilla in 2014. A group of Sub-Saharan migrants try to escape from the police in the fields next to ...

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. Despite the barbed wire and fence towering meters high ...

Fewer people are scaling the triple layer of barbed wire, but numbers reaching the Spanish territory on the coast of north Africa are rising The attempts on the fences have stopped. Gone are the ...

Crowd of more than 500 enter border control area after cutting fence in attempt to cross from Morocco The death toll from the mass attempt to cross from Morocco into Spain’s enclave of Melilla has ...

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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 larger ...