Morocco adds barbed wire and police near Ceuta after online calls for migrant crossing

Morocco has reinforced the perimeter of Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta by installing additional barbed‑wire fencing and deploying extra police units after a surge of online calls urged a new mass crossing into the territory. The security boost follows a series of coordinated attempts by migrants to breach the enclave’s borders in recent weeks, which have heightened diplomatic sensitivities between Madrid and Rabat and drawn international attention to the region’s migration pressures.

Authorities said the new measures are intended to deter large‑scale attempts to enter Ceuta illegally and to maintain public order on both sides of the frontier. The Moroccan Ministry of Interior confirmed that the reinforcement includes several kilometers of high‑strength wire and an increase in patrols, while Spanish officials welcomed the steps as a contribution to the enclave’s safety. Observers note that the escalation underscores the ongoing challenges of managing irregular migration flows in the Strait of Gibraltar and may shape future cooperation between the two neighboring states.