Why Ceuta and Melilla remain a point of contention between Spain and Morocco
- Posted on October 13, 2026
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Why Ceuta and Melilla remain a point of contention between Spain and Morocco
The arrival of more than 72,000 migrants in Ceuta from Morocco this summer reignited the debate over Spain's sovereignty on the two autonomous cities on the North African coast. Morocco has claimed this sovereignty since the 1960s, and King Felipe VI's planned visit on October 13 is intended as yet another symbolic rejection of those claims.
