Spain should consider returning Ceuta to Morocco, a Foreign Policy article argues, saying the enclave’s disputed status is an outdated geopolitical anomaly that creates unnecessary tensions and leaves Europe vulnerable to migration pressure at one of its most unusual borders. Spain, however, considers Ceuta and Melilla integral parts of its territory and rejects Morocco’s sovereignty claims. What appears on a map as a small Spanish territory has consequences far beyond its size, linking migration policy, European border security and Morocco-Spain relations. From this perspective, Foreign Policy’s argument challenges the assumption that maintaining Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta is necessarily the most rational long-term option. Returning the territory to Morocco, it argues, could transform a recurring source of confrontation into an opportunity to settle one of the region’s most enduring territorial disputes.