Ceuta
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Lives on hold: How coronavirus has affected the women porters of Melilla
- Africa
- July 6, 2020, 20:00
A former prostitute, a single mother and a young woman from Morocco are struggling to make ends meet, as coronavirus has halted the cross-bord(...)

Smuggled cigarettes seized from cargo ship in Co Waterford
- Crime & Law
- March 26, 2019, 12:53
A large quantity of cigarettes and pipe tobacco were seized off a cargo ship in Co Waterford as they were being smuggled into the State . Revenue cu(...)

‘I had cuts from the razor wire but the feeling was good, good, good’
- Europe
- January 6, 2019, 17:00
Moussa Keita smiles as he recalls the moment he first set foot in Europe, storming into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta with hundreds of others after cli(...)

Trump urged Spain to build wall across the Sahara to stop migrants
- Europe
- September 19, 2018, 20:05
Donald Trump suggested the Spanish government tackle the Mediterranean migration crisis by emulating one of his his most famous policies and building (...)

Holidaymakers warned as Spain, Portugal at risk of extreme heat
- Europe
- August 1, 2018, 21:06
Temperatures may break records across Europe in the coming week, with weather warnings currently in place across much of Spain and Portugal. Althoug(...)

Hundreds storm border fence into Spain’s north Africa enclave of Ceuta
- Europe
- July 26, 2018, 19:26
About 800 people have tried to enter Europe by storming a border fence that separates Morocco from Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta, according t(...)

Why Spain is a fertile ground for terrorists
- Opinion
- August 22, 2017
Last week’s terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were predictable – Spanish security and intelligence officials had recently warned of the like(...)

Migrants force past border fence into Spanish enclave Ceuta
- Europe
- December 9, 2016, 17:31
Hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants forced their way on Friday morning over a barbed-wire fence into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, whic(...)

Spain remains global crime hub and haven for fugitives
- Europe
- February 19, 2016, 01:00
Spain has long been characterised as a refuge for criminals fleeing the law enforcement agencies of their own countries, a place where fugitives could(...)

Migrants endure agonising wait at Spanish gateway to EU
- Europe
- November 7, 2015, 01:00
It is 7.30am in the Beni Enzar district of Melilla, a Spanish city on north African soil that is perched between the Mediterranean coast and Morocc(...)