Italy calls for Spain to be expelled from the Schengen Area over the Ceuta crisis, archive footage

Jul 31, 2026

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News Bilder des Tages The uncontrolled influx of people into Ceuta from Morocco continues into the night. Dozens of migrants attempt to cross the border between Ceuta and Morocco on July 31, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. Numerous people continued to enter Ceuta from Morocco unchecked as night fell on Thursday, July 30. From early in the morning, thousands of migrants had entered the autonomous city by swimming and also on foot, skirting the breakwater that separates the autonomous city from Morocco. The units in charge of border control in Ceuta have recovered the bodies of 16 people from the water in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 47 foreigners found dead in Ceuta’s waters while attempting to swim across from Morocco so far this year. JULY 31, 2026 Madrid, Copyright: xMarcosxMorenox 7696207
The uncontrolled influx of people into Ceuta from Morocco continues into the night. Several migrants scale the fence marking the border between Ceuta and Morocco on July 31, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. Numerous people continued to enter Ceuta from Morocco unchecked as night fell on Thursday, July 30. From early in the morning, thousands of migrants had entered the autonomous city by swimming and also on foot, skirting the breakwater that separates the autonomous city from Morocco. Border control units in Ceuta have recovered the bodies of 16 people from the water in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 47 foreigners found dead in Ceuta’s waters while attempting to swim across from Morocco so far this year. JULY 31, 2026 Madrid, Spain Copyright: xMarcosxMorenox 7696192
Hundreds of migrants reach Spain s Ceuta after swimming from Morocco CEUTA, SPAIN - JULY 30: Hundreds of migrants have attempted to swim from Morocco to the Spanish city of Ceuta in North Africa, while the number of arrivals exceeded 1,500 in just over a week, according to local news in Cueta, Spain on July 30, 2026. As Moroccan and Algerian migrants attempted to reach Ceuta by swimming, most were reportedly intercepted by Moroccan patrol boats. Spain s Maritime Rescue Service and the Spanish Red Cross rescued 117 people from the water, while the Civil Guard assisted around 200 others with patrol boats. The Spanish Civil Guard also found two bodies which raised the death toll along Ceuta s coastline so far this year to 29. Marcos Moreno A Copyright: x2026xAnadoluxMarcosxMorenox
Hundreds of People Swim to Ceuta from Morocco Several people arrive in Spain from Morocco on July 30, 2026, in Ceuta, Spain Hundreds of people of Maghreb origin have crossed into Ceuta from Morocco throughout the day today, by swimming and along the breakwater. Over the past week, more than 2,000 migrants have already done so. JULY 30, 2026 MIGRATION MIGRANTS Ceuta Ceuta, Spain Copyright: xMarcosxMorenox 7696137
Hundreds of People Swim to Ceuta from Morocco Several people arrive in Spain from Morocco on July 30, 2026, in Ceuta, Spain Hundreds of people of Maghreb origin have crossed into Ceuta from Morocco throughout the day today, by swimming and along the breakwater. Over the past week, more than 2,000 migrants have already done so. JULY 30, 2026 MIGRATION MIGRANTS Ceuta Ceuta, Spain Copyright: xMarcosxMorenox 7696135
Hundreds of migrants reach Spain s Ceuta after swimming from Morocco CEUTA, SPAIN - JULY 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) Hundreds of migrants have attempted to swim from Morocco to the Spanish city of Ceuta in North Africa, while the number of arrivals exceeded 1,500 in just over a week, according to local news in Cueta, Spain on July 30, 2026. As Moroccan and Algerian migrants attempted to reach Ceuta by swimming, most were reportedly intercepted by Moroccan patrol boats. Spain s Maritime Rescue Service and the Spanish Red Cross rescued 117 people from the water, while the Civil Guard assisted around 200 others with patrol boats. The Spanish Civil Guard also found two bodies which raised the death toll along Ceuta s coastline so fa Copyright: x2026xAnadoluxMarcosxMorenox
Meloni - Sanchez meeting in Rome ROME, ITALY - APRIL 05: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT - ITALIAN PRIME MINISTRY PALAZZO CHIGI HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) and Spain s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hold a joint press conference at Palazzo Chigi, on April 5, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Italy s government is planning to revise up its outlook for 2023 economic growth, envisaging a range of 0.8% to 1% in its latest budget plans, according to people familiar with the matter. Roma Italy. Editorial use only. Please get in touch for any other usage. Copyright: x2025xAnadoluxITAxPrimexMinistryx xPalazzoxChigix
Meloni - Sanchez meeting in Rome ROME, ITALY - APRIL 05: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT - ITALIAN PRIME MINISTRY PALAZZO CHIGI HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) and Spain s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hold a joint press conference at Palazzo Chigi, on April 5, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Italy s government is planning to revise up its outlook for 2023 economic growth, envisaging a range of 0.8% to 1% in its latest budget plans, according to people familiar with the matter. Roma Italy. Editorial use only. Please get in touch for any other usage. Copyright: x2025xAnadoluxITAxPrimexMinistryx xPalazzoxChigix
Meloni - Sanchez meeting in Rome ROME, ITALY - APRIL 05: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT - ITALIAN PRIME MINISTRY PALAZZO CHIGI HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) meets Spain s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at Palazzo Chigi, on April 5, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Italy s government is planning to revise up its outlook for 2023 economic growth, envisaging a range of 0.8% to 1% in its latest budget plans, according to people familiar with the matter. Roma Italy. Editorial use only. Please get in touch for any other usage. Copyright: x2025xAnadoluxITAxPrimexMinistryx xPalazzoxChigix
Rome, Lazio, Italy: ROME, LAZIO, ITALY - 2025 7 10: Ukraine Recovery Conference 10-11 July 2025, (R) Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italian government welcomes to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, (L) during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025. After the editions of Lugano, London and Berlin, the goal of the fourth edition conference hosted in Rome is the long-term reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, the goals will be the reconstruction and protection of energy infrastructure, demining, rehabilitation of destroyed areas. Rome Italy - ZUMA New 20250710_zea_p169_404 Copyright: xPasqualexGargano Kontrolabx

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