After Sparring over Ceuta, EU States Seek Lessons From Crisis
Tens of thousands of migrants have crossed into the Spanish enclave, with authorities reporting over 60,000 arrivals and 48,000 returns to Morocco.
- Spain deployed army units in Ceuta to support the Guardia Civil as over 60,000 people are estimated to have crossed the border, with 48,000 estimated to have returned to Morocco.
- Europe's continued attempts to close and externalize borders caused the crisis, while Amnesty International reports that political efforts attributing the surge to Spain's regularization scheme are unfounded.
- Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for Europe, stated, "Tragically, at least 72 people have lost their lives whilst trying to enter Europe to seek a better future."
- Spanish and Moroccan authorities must ensure access to asylum and refrain from collective expulsions, while Amnesty International Spain continues monitoring for human rights violations including excessive force.
- Ahead of tomorrow's European interior ministers meeting on the European Union's response, leaders face calls to reject rhetoric describing the situation as an "invasion.
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After the crisis, the time of development: on Tuesday Europeans exchange broken sticks to learn the lessons of Ceuta's migratory episode and the intense tensions it has aroused.
Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez fends off blistering criticism within the EU over Ceuta crisis - Regional Media News
BRUSSELS (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's migration policies have come under withering criticism as leaders from across the European Union meet Tuesday following last week's rush of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa. The sudden arrival of 50,000 to 60,000 migrants on Thursday and Friday sparked a humanitarian crisis in Ceuta and reignited the immigration debate in the 27-nation bloc, though most of the migra…
EU demands Spain accept being placed under special measures in bid to end internal row over Ceuta migrant crisis
The European Union has called on Spain to accept being placed under special measures in a bid to end an internal row over the Ceuta migrant crisis.Almost 60,000 illegal migrants flooded into Spain's African enclave last week, as France and Italy piled pressure on the Brussels bloc to impose stricter migration checks.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been urged to reveal the number of migrants shipped back to Morocco after the enclave's bo…
European Union (EU) countries will seek to learn from the Ceuta crisis on Tuesday, as the influx of migrants into the Spanish North African exclave has stoked tensions between Madrid and the bloc's more belligerent member states.
After sparring over Ceuta, EU states seek lessons from crisis
The unprecedented sight of an estimated 60,000 people streaming into Ceuta from Morocco -- almost all of whom have since left -- exposed the fault lines on migration among the EU's 27 nations. Since images first emerged of the mass arrivals, most of whom swam around a barrier separating the enclave from Morocco, Madrid has found itself pitted against many of its fellow capitals. Tuesday's 10:00 am (0800 GMT) videoconference of the bloc's interio…
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