The Facts:

Ceuta is not Europe. Ceuta is an enclave of Spain in North Africa, a remnant of Spanish trading outposts and colonialism. Ceuta does not belong to the Schengen Area; an uncontrolled border crossing to the European mainland is not possible.

Worldwide, right-wingers and racists are speaking of an "invasion." The representation is being artificially exploited through panic-mongering. The reality is far more sober and objective. Anyone entering Ceuta—whether legally or illegally—has not officially entered the EU. Ceuta does not belong to the Schengen Area. To get from Ceuta to the Spanish mainland independently, one needs either EU citizenship, a valid entry permit such as a valid visa, or a successfully completed asylum process. Spain and Morocco announced as early as Thursday that they would return all arrivals to Morocco. Returns began on Friday, and almost all refugees are already back in Morocco.
#Ceuta #Spain #immigration #refugees #politics

And so we find ourselves where we knew we'd end up... the Home Office using AI-generated slop (a document that doesn't;t exist) to refuse an asylum claim.

AI & its associated technologies are having clear & consequential effects, yet they no doubt will allow Home Office officials to escape censure for lying & misrepresentation;

'it was the machine what done it, M'lud'.

Court's will need to be more sceptical of HO claims from now on!

#HomeOffice #refugees #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/28/home-office-used-ai-hallucinated-information-to-refuse-asylum-claim-judge-suggests

And so we find ourselves where we knew we'd end up... the Home Office using AI-generated slop (a document that doesn't;t exist) to refuse an asylum claim.

AI & its associated technologies are having clear & consequential effects, yet they no doubt will allow Home Office officials to escape censure for lying & misrepresentation;

'it was the machine what done it, M'lud'.

Court's will need to be more sceptical of HO claims from now on!

#HomeOffice #refugees #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/28/home-office-used-ai-hallucinated-information-to-refuse-asylum-claim-judge-suggests

… “It’s all part of a plan to take legal people & make them illegal,” said Ira Kurzban, one of the attorneys who represented Haitians in the case that went to #SCOTUS. “That’s what they’ve essentially done.”
The #US is a signatory to the 1967 #UN protocol on #refugees, which prohibits member countries from expelling immigrants to nations where they face serious threats to their lives.
#Trump officials, Kurzban said, are betraying that principle & turning the #asylum system into “a joke.”

#law