Ceuta et Melilla : l'histoire d'un différend qui façonne encore les relations entre le Maroc et l'Espagne

Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish-administered enclaves on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, remain at the center of a long-running sovereignty dispute, and recent migration surges — including one on July thirtieth, twenty twenty-six — have again put them in the spotlight. Morocco claims the territories as part of its own land, while Spain treats them as integral national territory, a divergence rooted in centuries of shifting control dating back to Portuguese and Castilian conquests in the fourteen and fifteen hundreds. Morocco has previously regained other Spanish-held territories, including Tarfaya in 1958 and Sidi Ifni in 1969, following its independence in 1956. As The Conversation reports, the enclaves now sit at the crossroads of migration, diplomacy, and Europe's external border, with the possibility of gradual negotiation rather than permanent deadlock.

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