The fallout from the recent mass migration crisis in Ceuta has developed into a diplomatic dispute between Morocco and Spain, with Madrid confirming that it summoned Morocco's diplomatic representatio

A police report leaked regarding the illegal immigration border-crossing incident that occurred in late July in Ceuta, Spain’s autonomous city in Africa, has sparked significant controversy in Spain.

Madrid demanded an explanation from its own police after an explosive leaked police report suggested that Moroccan security forces were involved in transporting and pushing migrants towards the border.

At a demonstration outside Spain’s Congress of Deputies in Madrid, Pedro Chaparro, president of National Democracy (Democracia Nacional), and the party’s vice president, Gonzalo Martín, were seen tearing a Moroccan flag. The incident was captured on video as protesters gathered over the handling of the Ceuta migration crisis.

"I had given [it to] her before she left." Afelom found her daughter's body in a hospital a day and a half after Fatin had tried to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by swimming from Morocco. Speaking to CBC News earlier this month via video call from the northern Moroccan city of Tétouan,

The crisis deepened Wednesday after a leaked report alleging Moroccan forces helped push migrants across the border blindsided the government. Madrid denies having ignored warnings of an imminent breach.

A planned visit by Spain’s King Felipe VI to the North African cities of Ceuta and Melilla could reignite tensions with Morocco, according to Yahya Yahya, head of a Moroccan committee campaigning for the territories’ return.

Sánchez pledged to publish all documents on the Ceuta crisis, while defending the swift action of officers and pointing to a surge in social media messaging influencing the mass crossing.