Taken littorally: Spain's sudden crisis in Ceuta

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The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-08-03

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The deadly rush of migrants into the Spanish exclave has deep roots in a wider North African conflict—and implications for a far wider European fight about immigration. Our India columnist presents an incomplete list of falling objects as a way to examine public-safety failures. And a data dive that reveals how AI writing is forever shifting. Guests and host: Michael Reid, Spain correspondent and writer at largeLeo Mirani, Ashoka columnistCaitlin Talbot, digital culture correspondentJason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  Ceuta, migration, Spain, EU, SchengenIndia, public safetyAI writing, waning human primacy
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Jason Palmer.

  • Today on the show, death from above in India and what's behind it,

  • and how it's getting harder to spot AI writing.

  • But first,

  • Calm is returning to Ceuta,

  • a tiny Spanish enclave across the Strait of Gibraltar.

  • That calm was hard to imagine last week

  • when tens of thousands of migrants streamed in from Morocco.

  • Spanish border police were fully overwhelmed

  • as people swam or even walked around a breakwater that serves as a flimsy border.

  • Scores of migrants died in the attempt.

  • Those who survived found themselves disappointed.

  • Aquí no hay comida, no hay nada.

  • La gente, la policía no viene, la gente sentaba que todo va a marchar.

  • There's no food here, one migrant says.

  • We're all leaving.

  • And an overwhelming majority of them did, but not all.

  • This sudden surge has a long and complicated backstory.