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Excellent @financialtimes.com piece on Spain-Morocco relationship and their geopolitical tensions giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Are they talking about the same EU meeting? 🤔

Leveraging US influence for personal megalomaniac gains. Is anyone really surprised if it turns out that (pleasing) #Trump is behind the #Ceuta 'invasion'? BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/article... Moroccan king's letter confirms naming of major highway in honour of Trump

Moroccan king's letter confirms naming of major highway in honour of TrumpThe highway enters Western Sahara, a disputed territory that Morocco claims sovereignty over.www.bbc.com

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Newshour - Was Morocco complicit in exodus to Ceuta? - BBC SoundsDid Morocco use migrants to score geopolitical points against Spain?www.bbc.co.uk

And yet Spain and the EU have been very careful in public not to blame Morocco (because it is a crucial partner they can't break up with), but in private the conversation is likely to have been different.

Paradoxically, JA has admitted 'many errors' while his defenders are denying them tout court.

...could not have happened without the involvement in some shape or form of the Moroccan authorities (possibly under pressure from Trump). Dozens of Moroccans were sent to die to score a geopolitical point. #Ceuta nandosigona.info/2026/07/31/c...

Ceuta: a migration crisis or a diplomatic message?Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham The speed and scale of the arrivals in Ceuta are difficult to explain as an ordinary migration event. According to provisional Spanish estimates, around 50,00…nandosigona.info

While Trump immediately claimed 'victory' on Sanchez for the 'failure' to protect Spain/EU borders, Spanish officials have blamed the 'smuggling mafias' for the mass crossings even if there is little evidence of this. The explanation doesn't hold (& they know it). An event of such scale and speed...

Watch my interview on @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/bYMyw5qSCYM?...

Ceuta: Spain PM condemns EU’s ‘selfish’ response to migrant crossingsYouTube video by Channel 4 Newsyoutu.be

Last March, a close Trump collaborator argued that Morocco should arrange a civilian mass protest to 'invade' Ceuta and Melilla share.google/26SCPQ4A7VhT...

Michael Rubin Urges Morocco to ‘March Into’ Ceuta, Melilla With Unarmed CiviliansOnly days after calling on US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to formally recognize Ceuta and Melilla as occupied Moroccan territory, Michael Rubin has dropped another politi...share.google

And just in case you were hoping for a change of direction on #migration with the 'new' government, well, #shabanamahmood is keeping her post...

a write-up of the thread superdiversity.net/2026/06/19/p...

Paris, not nations: What the 2026 World Cup tells us about migration and global citiesNando Sigona As the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets underway, one statistic stands out: 289 of the tournament’s 1,248 players were born in a country different from the one they represent. Nearly one…superdiversity.net

New #HomeOffice rules measure universities through immigration compliance metrics while ignoring how surveillance and immigration control shape international students’ lives and chances of success. nandosigona.info/2026/06/05/w... #hostileenvironment #migration #internationalstudents

When Immigration Control Becomes Higher Education PolicyNew Home Office rules measure universities through immigration compliance metrics while ignoring how surveillance and immigration control shape international students’ lives and chances of su…nandosigona.info

No doubt national football and the World Cup is a prime stage to articulate, perform (some times ironically) national myths and stereotypes. See below the official photo of Norway men's team bsky.app/profile/davi...

Excellent point, my international students have to 'report' to staff on a monthly basis, not many steps away from having a tag or signing appointments for asylum seekers.

And yet there is little evidence that Shabana Mahmood's much-vaunted "success" on migration is persuading anyone on the right of Labour's credentials. If anything, it seems to reinforce the logic that Labour must constantly move further onto terrain defined by its opponents.

One would hope that someone in #DfE or #DBT might find the political capital to object.

And yet, the #HomeOffice launches a "name & shame" crusade against universities, while they are already facing massive financial challenges.