# Spain disregarded Ceuta warnings before migrant rush, say border workers' unions

https://mins.news/en/item/22796

- Reuters, 2026-08-15 07:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-disregarded-ceuta-warnings-before-migrant-rush-say-border-workers-unions-2026-08-15/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a801457325a7500012aaebe

> Border workers’ unions say they warned Spain’s central government weeks before more than 70,000 migrants rushed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. They said social-media-fuelled arrivals by sea were increasing and feared the situation would escalate.

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