Ceuta border on alert as Moroccan authorities foil mass crossing attempts

Moroccan authorities maintained tight security overnight in Fnideq, near the border with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, after online calls urged a mass crossing attempt. Despite heavy deployment, the night passed quietly, with no incidents reported.

Local sources told Hespress that security forces erected checkpoints every few hundred meters along the coast and intensified patrols through nearby forests to intercept minors and migrants preparing to cross.

In recent days, police have detained hundreds of would-be migrants, both Moroccans and sub-Saharan Africans, preventing coordinated entry attempts.

At the Tarajal border post, dozens of minors caught near the fence were transferred by bus to other cities. A Spanish Civil Guard helicopter was seen patrolling over the area, but no crossings occurred.

Families gathered near the border seeking missing relatives, yet this year’s planned “mass storming” fizzled, reduced to what locals described as a “cry in the void.”