Ceuta Crisis Exposes EU Rift as Spain Faces Backlash over Migration
European leaders warned Spain’s migration policy could encourage more crossings, as more than 80 people died trying to reach Ceuta, officials said.
- Last week, thousands attempted to cross from Morocco into Ceuta, resulting in more than 80 deaths. Giorgia Meloni, Mette Frederiksen, and 22 European leaders wrote to the European Commission expressing "serious concern" about the border developments.
- Targeting Spain's regularization of 1.2 million irregular migrants, the letter criticized "all policies that can serve as pull factors," though it acknowledged that most migrants had already returned to Morocco.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro criticized the letter for "misinformation, prejudice, petty politics and lack of solidarity." He defended regularization as a practical measure to bring workers into the tax net.
- Domestic political opposition in Spain, led by the Partido Popular, encouraged European partners to join the criticism, while several leaders facing elections over the next year used the dramatic Ceuta scenes to burnish hardline immigration credentials.
- Irregular migration into Spain has fallen substantially in recent years, making it less popular than Greece or Italy as an entry route. Some leaders have threatened to suspend freedom of movement, citing concerns about potential "hybrid threats.
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