Spanish national police officers check the documents of travellers arriving from Italy. Reuters

Is free movement in Europe threatened by Ceuta crisis?

Italian Foreign Minister says checks could be lifted if there is no new mass arrival of migrants

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El Nino-driven sea surface temperatures highest on record in July

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Alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan appears in Irish court after UAE extradition

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Lockerbie jury instructions could include prediction market warning

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'Impossible' to expel child migrants from Ceuta, says mayor

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Europe's heatwave causes power and cargo headache as rivers shrink

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Inflatable boat carrying 157 passengers catches fire in English Channel

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Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026. REUTERS / Violeta Santos Moura TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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EU admits mass arrival in Ceuta tested its resilience

Madrid pledges to bring situation under control, but 5,000 who crossed from Morocco remain in enclave

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Morocco blames Ceuta migrant rush on misinformation

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Death toll from migrant rush into Ceuta rises to 72

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Two dead as helicopters collide while fighting fires near Athens

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'IRGC agent' arrested in Cyprus for alleged surveillance of UK base

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European fury after nearly 60,000 migrants arrive at Ceuta enclave

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Europe's wildfires 'up to 20 times more likely due to climate change'

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A British F-35B fighter aircraft at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Getty Images

'IRGC agent' arrested in Cyprus for alleged surveillance of UK base

UK-Azerbaijani national Rashad Sultanov faces extradition to Britain

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European fury after nearly 60,000 migrants arrive at Ceuta enclave

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Europe's wildfires 'up to 20 times more likely due to climate change'

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Four migrants die attempting to cross English Channel in small boats

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