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Trump says migration drives unrest in France, Spain and Italy, citing Ceuta
In a Fox News interview published on Sunday, 25 October 2026, Donald Trump said mass immigration is fuelling protests in France, Spain and Italy. He also said he had warned Emmanuel Macron early in his term that Macron was destroying France.
Vivas says Ceuta still lacks normality three months after mass migrant entry
Three months after a mass entry of migrants, Ceuta's president Juan Jesús Vivas says the city has not recovered normality and that no administrative returns have taken place.
Speedboat capsizings off Lesbos and Samos kill 12 migrants, including an infant
Six people died after a speedboat hit a Greek coast guard vessel off Lesbos, and six more died when a second boat overturned near Samos. Three passengers were still missing.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift halt on Big Bend border wall
The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to lift a lower-court injunction that stopped construction of a border wall near Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Guardia Civil searches two Ceuta NGOs over alleged pepper spray handouts to migrants
Guardia Civil officers searched premises of two Ceuta aid groups on Thursday, 22 October, in an inquiry into whether migrants were urged to attack security forces. Sources disagree on whether anyone was detained.
Foreign national beaten to death by a crowd of about 50 at Durban anti-migrant march
Police say a group of about 50 people beat a foreign national to death on Thursday, 22 October, during a protest march in central Durban. His nationality and the motive remain unknown, and a murder investigation is under way.
Investigation into Italy's Albania migrant centres wins European Parliament journalism prize
Giacomo Zandonini and Maite Vermeulen of De Correspondent were honoured on Wednesday, 21 October, in Strasbourg for reporting on the Italy-Albania migration deal.
US State Department says Trump administration has revoked more than 300,000 visas
The State Department said on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, that more than 300,000 visas have been revoked since January 2025, up from more than 175,000 in an update issued on 10 August.
Police find 74 migrants packed into a Ceuta flat and arrest the owner
The group included 54 men, 10 women and 10 unaccompanied minors, held in a building in the El Príncipe district. The owner is suspected of labour exploitation of minors and of facilitating irregular immigration.
Pentagon clears Homeland Security tests of military heat ray for US southern border
The Pentagon has let Homeland Security test the Active Denial System, a non-lethal weapon that causes intense skin burning, and develop tactics for possible use at the southern border. Pete Hegseth signed the memo authorizing a seven-month loan in September.
US keeps TPS protections for Ukrainians and Sudanese in place, with no end date
The Department of Homeland Security said Ukrainian and Sudanese holders of temporary protected status keep their protection, even though it was due to expire on Monday, 19 October, and it set no end date for the reprieve.
Poland expected to be exempted from EU migrant relocation for 2027
Polish media citing EU sources say Poland will be exempted for another year from the obligation to take in migrants or pay for refusing them. The Commission's migration report, due by 4 November, is expected to confirm the decision.
Spanish spy agency says Morocco knew of the Ceuta mass entry and failed to stop it
The CNI told the Audiencia Nacional that Moroccan forces were passive as thousands crossed into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July. Its report also says Morocco had been aware of social-media calls for a mass entry during Throne Day.
Tusk links riots in France to migration, citing visa cuts and a 200% rise in deportations
On Monday evening, 19 October, Donald Tusk posted a video linking France's weekend riots to migration and citing visa and deportation figures from his government. Online commenters quickly recalled his earlier statements, and President Karol Nawrocki's international policy chief Marcin Przydacz responded sharply.
Cologne revokes residence permits after clerk allegedly helped smugglers
The city of Cologne has withdrawn residence permits that it says were unlawfully granted through a former immigration office employee. Prosecutors in Darmstadt have indicted four people, and the employee has been in custody since December 2025.
Hundreds protest at German airports against deportations and deportation terminals
Protesters gathered at airports in Munich, Leipzig, Frankfurt and Berlin on 24 October 2026, with police counting more than 700 people near Munich airport.
Italy extends Schengen border checks on Spain by seven days as Meloni and Sánchez agree
Rome has extended its temporary border checks on travellers from Spain by seven days, aligning them with the expiry of Spanish measures after exchanges with Madrid. The two interior ministers will look for cooperation measures to replace the checks in the week of 19 October.
Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years for 2022 San Antonio truck deaths of 53 migrants
A US judge sentenced Rigoberto Ramón Miranda Orozco on Tuesday, 20 October, to 30 years in prison for his part in a smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead inside a truck trailer in Texas in June 2022.
Mahmoud Khalil asks US Supreme Court to halt deportation after appeals court ruling
Lawyers for the former Columbia graduate student filed an emergency application on Monday, 19 October, to stop a ruling that could allow his re-arrest. The 3rd Circuit decision would send challenges to his immigration detention to immigration court first.
Judge asks Spain's Defence Ministry whether Moroccan warships entered Ceuta waters
Audiencia Nacional judge María Tardón wants to know whether Moroccan navy vessels entered Spanish waters off Ceuta between 29 July and 10 August. She also rejected requests from the popular accusation led by Iustitia Europa, calling them disproportionate.
Harris County prosecutor weighs charges after ICE vehicle hits Houston construction worker
A 48-year-old construction worker who fled a stopped vehicle during an ICE operation in Houston on Saturday, 10 October, was struck by an agency SUV. The Harris County district attorney's office is weighing charges, and the worker's lawyer says he remains in ICE custody.
EU Commission warns Spain's 'national priority' housing rules may breach EU law
The European Commission says laws giving nationals priority for public benefits and housing could be indirectly discriminatory. Commissioner Magnus Brunner's reply to a Compromís MEP is dated 10 September and was reported on Monday, 12 October, while Valencia and Castilla y León keep their residence requirements.
Von der Leyen urges swift returns of Ceuta migrants to Morocco before EU summit
Ursula von der Leyen wrote to EU leaders on 13 October 2026 urging faster returns of migrants who entered Ceuta irregularly in July and continued cooperation with Morocco. Spain's decree to speed those returns is still pending in Madrid ahead of the general election on 29 November.
UK threatens to ban all Eritreans and restricts Eritrean diplomats over returns
Eritrean diplomats in the UK may now travel no more than 60km from London without permission, and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened a full entry ban on all Eritreans.
Six dead as migrant speedboat capsizes off Samos, hours after Lesbos collision
A speedboat carrying migrants capsized 3.7 nautical miles north of Samos on Monday, 19 October, a few hours after six people died in a collision with a coast guard boat off Lesbos.
Ireland deports 24 Romanian men convicted of crimes on a chartered flight
The 24 men, aged 24 to 57, were flown from Dublin to Bucharest on Sunday, 18 October, on an aircraft that cost €182,270 excluding VAT. Gardaí said all of them had been convicted and given custodial sentences.
MSWiA proposes up to three years in prison for helping migrants stay illegally
Deputy Interior Minister Czesław Mroczek proposed a new offence for knowingly helping migrants who are staying in Poland illegally, in comments on a Justice Ministry draft. Lawyers say it could also reach activists and border residents who give humanitarian aid.
Bardella backs Abascal in Madrid, blames Sánchez's migration policy for Ceuta crisis
Jordan Bardella, president of Agrupación Nacional, told a Madrid breakfast on Tuesday, 13 October, that Pedro Sánchez's migration policy had far-reaching effects across Europe, a day after visiting Ceuta with Vox leader Santiago Abascal.
Farage pledges to suspend UK asylum claims for up to five years
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage would void roughly 90,000 pending asylum applications and return failed claimants to their home countries or a safe third country. Visa bans, tariffs and airspace restrictions would be used against states that refuse returns.
Five EU states near deal with Rwanda on first return centre for rejected migrants
Germany, Denmark, Austria, Greece and the Netherlands are reportedly close to an agreement with Rwanda on a first return centre for people refused asylum, and a deal could be signed in November 2026.