Jordan Bardella, president of Agrupación Nacional, told a Madrid breakfast on Tuesday, 13 October, that Pedro Sánchez's migration policy had far-reaching effects across Europe, a day after visiting Ceuta with Vox leader Santiago Abascal.
A 48-year-old construction worker who fled a stopped vehicle during an ICE operation in Houston on Saturday, 10 October, was struck by an agency SUV. The Harris County district attorney's office is weighing charges, and the worker's lawyer says he remains in ICE custody.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage would void roughly 90,000 pending asylum applications and return failed claimants to their home countries or a safe third country. Visa bans, tariffs and airspace restrictions would be used against states that refuse returns.
In his first public remarks on Spain since the Ceuta crisis, Mohammed VI told parliament in Rabat that the partnership cannot be subject to threats or blackmail, and that Morocco will present a new strategic vision to its EU partners.
The European Commission says laws giving nationals priority for public benefits and housing could be indirectly discriminatory. Commissioner Magnus Brunner's reply to a Compromís MEP is dated 10 September and was reported on Monday, 12 October, while Valencia and Castilla y León keep their residence requirements.
The migration office is withdrawing refugee status from Syrians who came to police attention or left and returned to Germany. It cites the end of Syria's civil war after Assad's fall in December 2024.
Home Affairs said on Friday it had withdrawn the directive a day after anti-migrant protests turned violent in Durban and Soweto, where police counted at least 24 vehicles torched and foreign-owned shops looted.
Masked gunmen escorted at least 20 migrants toward the Latvian border and sabotaged monitoring equipment, prompting neighboring Lithuania to deploy troops along its Kaliningrad frontier.
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella and Vox chief Santiago Abascal visited Ceuta on Monday, 12 October, calling the enclave 'the future of Europe' if borders are not retaken. The two-day trip comes weeks before Spain's 29 November snap election.
Police operations at Benitez and El Trampolin beaches have prompted thousands of departures, while authorities report around 100 clandestine apartments and unverified remaining migrant tallies across the enclave.
The Department of Homeland Security introduced a regulatory proposal charging certified colleges $70,000 for initial Optional Practical Training permits and $30,000 for extensions.
A US judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the release and return of Ahmed Soliman, who is jailed in Equatorial Guinea. Human Rights Watch says more than 500 people have been sent to African countries where they are not citizens.
Ursula von der Leyen wrote to EU leaders on 13 October 2026 urging faster returns of migrants who entered Ceuta irregularly in July and continued cooperation with Morocco. Spain's decree to speed those returns is still pending in Madrid ahead of the general election on 29 November.
Spanish security forces deployed 350 police officers and military units on Sunday to dismantle the makeshift migrant camp at El Trampolín beach, relocating over 1,100 people and recording nearly 600 voluntary returns to Morocco.
Two men died and two women suffered chemical burns after an overloaded boat carrying around 80 migrants stalled off northern France near Berck-sur-Mer.
Spanish emergency crews brought three migrant vessels ashore in the Canary Islands on Thursday, including an inflatable boat carrying 125 people northeast of Lanzarote and a wooden cayuco arriving at El Hierro from Senegal.
A joint UN agency report shows 67% of the 31,100 migrant children reaching southern Europe in 2025 were unaccompanied, amid declining access to formal refugee resettlement programs.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska rejected new EU deportation hub rules in Luxembourg, citing legal risks, while Madrid moved to relocate 2,500 migrant minors from Ceuta to the mainland.
Actor Richard Gere partnered with ActionAid to release a video campaign condemning Italy's offshore migrant detention centres in Albania, drawing a sharp social media rebuke from Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.
National Court Judge María Tardón has ordered Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas to provide phone records from 27 to 30 July 2026 to verify whether central government officials ignored warnings before 80,000 migrants entered the enclave.
Paris has begun technical consultations with Kabul authorities to facilitate the deportation of Afghan nationals residing illegally in France who pose a threat to public order.
The Japanese government increased permanent residency fees from 6,000 to 200,000 yen on Thursday while introducing strict income thresholds and upcoming language tests for foreign applicants.
Hampshire police detained 11 men and one woman at Haslar Marina after demonstrators clashed with officers as two rescue vessels brought 149 people ashore following a Channel crossing from Normandy.
The UK Home Office confirmed that the bilateral Channel return pilot has stopped processing new cases after Paris declined an extension beyond its 1 October expiry date.
Deputy Interior Minister Czesław Mroczek proposed a new offence for knowingly helping migrants who are staying in Poland illegally, in comments on a Justice Ministry draft. Lawyers say it could also reach activists and border residents who give humanitarian aid.
Asylum requests across the EU, Norway, and Switzerland dropped to 452,969 in the first nine months of 2026, with France and Italy receiving more applicants than Germany.
The US Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the Trump administration over its policy denying bond hearings to undocumented immigrants during deportation proceedings.
Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro announced the appointment of board administrator César Teixeira as the new president of AIMA as Portugal concludes the first phase of its migration policy restructuring.
The Spanish government published communication records on 1 October 2026 to counter assertions by Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas that central authorities ignored ten phone calls before the 30-31 July border crossing.
The Finnish Border Guard has apprehended ten individuals across seven unauthorized crossing attempts from Russia this year, noting an increasing number of suspects with military backgrounds navigating through unfenced wilderness.
A 56-year-old Ukrainian national was handed over to border authorities after causing a disturbance in an Ełk clinic and facing charges for attacking a police officer.
Federal officers shot Oscar Belgal, 28, in the neck in Marble Hill while his five-year-old son sat in the back seat. DHS defends the shooting, and the Trump administration has rejected a pause on enforcement.
At a Luxembourg ministerial meeting, Poland advocated for an EU-wide entry ban on non-biometric Russian passports and greater national flexibility to temporarily halt asylum applications.
Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris presented plans to the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 1 October 2026 to allow asylum suspensions during border crises and establish return centres abroad with four partner states.
The suspension covers the PERM program, which lets US employers sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency. The Trump administration cites alleged fraud and says companies replaced American staff with cheaper foreign workers.
Poland has extended temporary checks on its borders with Germany and Lithuania for six months through 30 March 2027, maintaining selective inspections originally introduced in July 2025.
Immigration Judge Jayme Salinardi ordered the removal of Salah Sarsour under a 1952 foreign policy statute while rejecting claims that the Milwaukee mosque president lied on his green card application.
Uruguay took first place in the 2026 Retirement Index by Global Citizen Solutions, while six European nations secured spots in the top ten despite higher tax burdens.
Spanish security forces cleared a makeshift camp of up to 3,500 migrants on Ceuta's Trampolin beach ahead of an official visit by King Felipe VI on 13 October.
A Comptroller and Auditor General report found that cancelling pre-contract agreements for 15 asylum accommodation centres led to substantial taxpayer losses, with settlements forming part of €35 million in accrued expenses.