Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
The leaders want a coordinated EU response and are also urging more support from Frontex and a review of cooperation with Morocco.
- On Saturday, Spain announced the death toll in the Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67, with deaths resulting from drowning and stampedes at the breakwater barrier.
- Some 60,000 migrants breached the tiny Spanish territory's frontier between Thursday and Friday, overwhelming border defenses and prompting the installation of a 500-meter containment barrier.
- Life in the autonomous city of 84,000 has been disrupted by the border incident. "The return of people has begun satisfactorily," said President Juan Jesus Vivas, though the city remains unsettled.
- Spanish soldiers have been escorting exhausted migrants back across the border at Tarajal beach, with some individuals discovered hiding in tunnels as the Interior Ministry confirms most have already returned to Morocco.
- Among remaining migrants, 23-year-old Moroccan Mohamed Hatri expressed determination to stay despite hardship. "Even if they close it down & we're round to stay here," he said, illustrating ongoing tensions.
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Pedro Sánchez called Europe's response "selfish" and "unlawful" after Italy suspended Schengen Area free-travel arrangements with Spain over the crisis.
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The migration crisis between Spain and Morocco has had the effect of political deflagration in the European Union. On Friday, it was around 60,000 migrants who illegally crossed the Ceuta border, equivalent to 70% of the population of the Spanish enclave. If a false rumor spread by networks of smugglers is at the origin, what promise could have led so many people to believe it?
Spain's Pedro Sánchez is now condemning some EU countries' "selfish, polarizing and illegal" reactions to the migrant wave in Ceuta - and defending the country's handling of the incident.
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