Spain deported more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants from Ceuta to Morocco after they were denied asylum. It is the first such return from the enclave since the mass border crossing in July, when large numbers of people tried to enter Ceuta from Morocco.
Spain is under domestic and EU pressure to reduce irregular arrivals and has sought closer cooperation with Morocco on returns. Human rights groups have warned that returning people to Morocco without fully assessing asylum claims could violate non-refoulement obligations.
Tusk's government has deployed thousands of troops and border officers to the Poland-Belarus border, built and modernized physical and electronic barriers, and suspended the right to asylum for people crossing irregularly from Belarus. German police data show a roughly 90% fall in migrants arriving via the Belarus route since 2023, though attempted crossings have remained roughly level.
Spain has returned more than a dozen migrants who reached Ceuta and were refused asylum back to Morocco. It is the first such deportation from the enclave since the July mass border crossing.
Spain returned more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants to Morocco after they were denied asylum in Ceuta — the first deportation of its kind since July's mass border crossing. This is a quote of Trump's remarks; the post does not assert a checkable factual claim beyond what he said.
Trump's claim that Obama let Muslims into the US but not Christians is false. During Obama's presidency, the US admitted far more Christians than Muslims; in most years Christians made up the largest share of refugee admissions. The post describes an incident reported by Nour Odeh, but does not make a widely checkable factual claim beyond relaying an account. This is a sarcastic opinion post with hashtags; no checkable factual claim to verify.
BSpain just returned more than a dozen migrants from Ceuta to Morocco — first time since July's mass crossing.
BXohi posted on X that it happened despite warnings from human rights groups.
BArab News has the same details: more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants, asylum refused, sent back.
BIn July, large numbers tried to rush the enclave at once. Spanish forces had to push them back.
BAnd now Madrid wants to show it won't let that happen again.
BWhy shouldn't it? Ceuta has no room for a rush.
BBecause a deterrent can slide into skipping the law.
BThe rights groups say Spain didn't fully assess the claims.
BSpanish officials say each case was assessed individually. That's the lawful version of events.
BThe worry is refoulement — sending people back into the harm they fled.
BNot every person at Ceuta's fence is fleeing harm. Some are economic migrants.
BAnd that distinction is exactly what an asylum hearing is for. A rushed return skips the hearing.
BSpain has a right to control a small enclave. It cannot absorb everyone from West and Central Africa.
BNobody is saying absorb everyone. They're saying don't make the first deportation since July look routine.
BIt wasn't routine. It's a signal — a dozen cases, decided and enforced.
BA signal to whom? Desperate people or Spanish voters?
BBoth. Governments should signal that laws mean something.
BBut if you put Morocco in charge of the receiving end, your legal process bends to diplomacy.
BMorocco is the neighbor, not the judge. Spain still made the call.
BHuman rights groups say the calls were too fast to be real.
BYou keep saying fast, but you don't know the case files.
BNeither do you. That's why the warning matters.
BFine. I'll take a dozen lawful returns over a July-style rush.
BAnd I'll watch whether a dozen becomes a pattern.
BDifferent corner of the same fight — Poland.
BFrid posted on X about MAGA, pro-Russian and anti-EU accounts painting Donald Tusk as a globalist who wants to flood Poland with migrants.
BHe suspended asylum for people crossing irregularly from Belarus. That's not flooding.
BHe also sent thousands of soldiers, police and border officers to the frontier.
BAnd German police data show arrivals via Belarus down about 90 percent since 2023.
BSo these accounts are attacking a man for a policy he doesn't have.
BIt's not about policy. It's about punishing him for being pro-EU.
BI don't love suspending asylum, even as an emergency.
BIf Belarus is weaponizing migrants, you can't run normal asylum.
BThat's a fair point. Lukashenko used people as weapons.
BSo temporary suspension isn't globalism. It's self-defense.
BIf you wanted a European leader soft on migration, Tusk is the wrong target.
BExactly. His record is harder than half the people lecturing him.
BMeanwhile, the White House is selling its own border numbers.
BA post from Owen Gregorian on X says the illegal immigrant population is down more than 2.3 million since Trump returned, crossings down 95 percent.
BThat comes via The Gateway Pundit, which has a lousy record with numbers.
BThe direction is obvious. The exact figures are not.
BThe White House may have a detailed accounting, but the 2.3 million and 95 percent are claims, not confirmed facts.
BThe 95 percent number also needs to say 95 percent of what baseline.
BRight. If you compare to a peak month, it looks huge. If to a normal year, less so.
BSo crossings are down sharply. The size of the drop needs a solid source.
BA far-right blog is not that source.
BAnd until it is, that number stays in the "maybe" column.