Morocco had previously warned Spain that a recent Spanish court ruling that migrants arriving by sea would not face immediate removal was going to create "a problem," a senior Moroccan official said.

Multiple Moroccan migrants who crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta this week claimed they were encouraged by Moroccan authorities and social media messages…

According to Spanish authorities, about 50,000 people had crossed into Ceuta by land and sea from Morocco in an unprecedented surge at one of the European Union's only land…