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King Felipe VI makes first Spanish monarch visit to Ceuta since 2007
October 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM · Updated 3d ago
4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
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أول زيارة منذ توليه العرش.. استقبال حار لملك إسبانيا فى مدينة سبتة.. فيديو
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BNBBC News
Spanish royals make rare visit to Ceuta after migrant crisis
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الأولى منذ 19 عاما.. ملك إسبانيا يزور سبتة
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بعد أزمة الهجرة.. ملك إسبانيا فيليبي السادس يزور سبتة
(opens the publisher’s site)Felipe VI has traveled to Ceuta in a rare visit, the first by a Spanish monarch since 2007, two months after a mass migrant influx.
- King Felipe VI arrived in Ceuta on Tuesday and will travel with Queen Letizia to Melilla on Wednesday.
- The visit comes under seven weeks before Spain's early elections on November 29, with migration expected as a key campaign issue.
- Security forces evacuated the last migrant beach camp in Ceuta on Sunday, demolishing shelters housing about 400 people.
- King Mohammed VI said Spain-Morocco cooperation on migration has developed but faces major challenges, rejecting "pressure" and "blackmail."
- Over 70,000 migrants reached Ceuta during the late-July mass influx preceding the royal visit.
- King Felipe VI will address local representatives and honor those who died during the migration events.