EU Grapples with Migrant Crisis in Spain's North African Enclave Ceuta
France and Italy tightened border checks as Europe’s migration rules came under pressure after about 60,000 people crossed into the enclave, officials said.
- About 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta enclave on Friday, sparking one of the European Union's largest migration crises in recent years; at least 34 people died during the crossing attempt.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez deployed troops, police, drones, and boats to the outpost on Friday to combat what he termed 'Trafficking mafias,' while officials reported more than 48,000 migrants had returned to Morocco by evening.
- France tightened border checks, increasing its police presence to 334 officers by Saturday, while Italy suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain for one month. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called the scenes 'unacceptable.'
- President Donald Trump warned the influx 'looks like an invasion,' while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz demanded Morocco 'take back illegal migrants immediately,' as international actors leveraged the crisis for hardline immigration policies.
- A similar 2021 surge saw more than 10,000 migrants reach Ceuta over two days during a diplomatic spat between Spain and Morocco. Overnight into Saturday, young people were observed saying 'goodbye' to officers before returning across the border.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is under fire over his handling of the illegal migrant invasion of the two Spanish enclaves in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, with 22 European leaders demanding coordinated action against the country’s mass migrant regularization programme. In a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council...
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EU countries call for talks over migrant influx into Spanish enclave
A majority of EU countries called on Saturday for emergency talks on the sudden inflow of tens of thousands of migrants into Spain's enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.
Thousands of migrants depart Ceuta as EU tightens borders
CEUTA, Spain - Almost all of the tens of thousands of migrants who entered Spain’s enclave of Ceuta in North Africa had left by Saturday, officials said, as some EU countries bolstered their border controls over the sudden influx.
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