A Guardia Civil report identified neither the organizers of the digital mobilization around Ceuta nor any evidence linking it to the Moroccan government or security services. These conclusions nevertheless do not bring the Spanish judicial investigation to an end.
Moroccans remain the most numerous foreign nationals holding a valid residence permit in the European Union. There were 2.2 million of them at the end of 2025, ahead of Turks and Ukrainians.
Spanish intelligence had directly alerted Morocco’s DGST and DGED on July 29, on the eve of the mass crossings into Ceuta. The calls detected on social media brought together up to 180,000 subscribers.
Declassified Spanish reports establish a possible link between Pedro Sánchez’s trip to Algeria and the loosening of Moroccan controls during the migration crisis in Ceuta.
The prefecture wanted to transfer a Moroccan man to the Netherlands and had placed him under house arrest for 45 days. The courts have annulled both decisions: having previously granted him a residence permit for health reasons, France had become responsible for his case.
The European Union will provide Spain with 114.7 million euros following the mass crossings from Morocco at the end of July. Part of this sum will directly fund new surveillance resources in Sebta: thermal cameras, buoys and underwater drones.
A Moroccan woman who has lived in France since 2016 was refused a ten-year resident card on the basis of the Franco-Tunisian agreement. The prefecture subsequently corrected its mistake and refused her a second time. The courts have just annulled both decisions.
A new gate installed by Morocco at Tarajal has sparked a battle of competing accounts in Spain. Police sources insist that it is located on Spanish territory, while Pedro Sánchez’s government claims exactly the opposite.
Living in France since 2018 with her daughter, who suffers from a serious medical condition, a Moroccan woman sought a residence permit after several years of temporary authorizations. The Douai Administrative Court of Appeal has just rejected her appeal.
After graduating from Kedge Business School with a level 7 professional certification, a Moroccan woman was refused the residence permit that would have allowed her to remain in France to look for a job. The Nord prefecture also issued her an OQTF.
A Moroccan man admitted that he had deliberately left his passport and identity card in Turkey to avoid possible deportation. The Dutch justice system partially upheld his arguments regarding the procedure, but ultimately maintained the rejection of his asylum application and its consequences.
A Moroccan woman holding a “talent passport” saw her permanent employment contract suspended after her temporary residence document expired. Deprived of all her income and threatened with permanently losing her job, she obtained the suspension of the refusal to renew her permit and €1,000 from the state.