# Hundreds of migrants arrested near Ceuta border in latest crackdown

https://mins.news/en/item/23689

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-16 21:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/hundreds-of-migrants-arrested-near-ceuta-border-in-latest-crackdown?traffic_source=rss

> Moroccan security forces detained 294 sub-Saharan migrants and 61 Moroccans accused of facilitating an attempt to enter the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. The arrests came as security was tightened after a previous mass crossing, while migrants remaining in Ceuta protested for asylum and against being returned to Morocco.

## Stories

- [Ceuta Mass Migration and Border Controls](https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis.md

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