The Spanish Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the immediate return of migrants arriving by sea triggered an unprecedented surge in Fnideq, where thousands of would-be migrants swam to Sebta. Between human tragedy, violent clashes, and false hopes of regularization, this mass assault immediately prompted a firm and coordinated response from Rabat and Madrid, with systematic repatriations. The episode has brutally brought back into focus the geopolitical anomaly of Sebta and Melilla, two occupied cities on Moroccan soil whose current status is plainly untenable.
