Ceuta crisis: anti-migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy

By Diana Tung, Postdoctoral Researcher, FOODCIRCUITS, Universitat de Barcelona
Seth M. Holmes, ICREA Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, Hub for Global Social Medicine, University of Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona; ICREA; University of California, Berkeley

In August 2026, a deep humanitarian crisis unfolded in Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave situated on Morocco’s northern coast. Around 72,000 people entered from Morocco over the course of two days. More than 100 drowned trying to cross into Spanish territory.

The vast majority of migrants soon returned to Morocco, but at present, as…

Read complete article

~	Türkiye: European Court Orders Rights Defender’s Immediate Release

~	Houthis Prosecute UN, Civil Society Staff in Yemen

~	Türkiye: Osman Kavala must be immediately released following European Court order to quash his conviction

~	Left-handed people tend to be left-leaning voters

~	The real reasons you procrastinate – and how to stop, according to science

~	The brain isn’t hardwired to read – here’s how we pull it off and why some are better at it than others

~	How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour sleep rule

~	China: Maximum sentence for artist Gao Zhen is an assault on artistic freedom

~	Russia’s volunteer soldiers may face tougher job prospects after returning from Ukraine: study

~	View from The Hill: Pragmatism holds Albanese to bad GST carve up, but Productivity Commission remains burr under saddle