Spain Slams EU Partners for 'Selfish' Response to Ceuta Migrant Crisis
- Spain reported nearly 60,000 migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco and asserted it restored order within 48 hours, returning most migrants to Morocco and preventing their entry into mainland Europe.
- Italy criticized Spain's handling of the migration crisis, temporarily suspending the Schengen free visa with Spain and accusing Spain of encouraging human trafficking by naturalising over 500,000 irregular immigrants, according to Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
- Other EU countries, including the Czech Republic, Finland, and Denmark, supported stricter border controls and called for Spain's suspension from the Schengen area, despite Ceuta being outside the Schengen zone.
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Pedro Sánchez woke up on Monday as the only political leader in Europe, says TVP World. Twenty-two of his EU counterparts took advantage of an emergency situation linked to migration – which Spain had largely brought under control over 48 hours – to test his overall political model. Their aim was to extend from the control of undocumented workers to the place of Madrid in the new European security order.
The Spanish Prime Minister's solo moves have upset the EU. Now his migration policy is in criticism. But Pedro Sánchez is a master of political survival.
Esteban Beltran, Director of the Spanish branch of Amnesty International, commented on the passage of tens of thousands of people, including children, from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, and on the death of 43 people: we are closely monitoring this situation. The Spanish and Moroccan authorities must place their human rights obligations at the centre of their response to the situation. [...]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lashes out fiercely at what he considers the "selfish" reactions of some EU leaders to the Moroccan migrant storming of Ceuta. The facts, however, point primarily to Calimero behavior on the part of the government chief himself.
Why is the EU failing to address migration crises, and how are its opponents exploiting this? The migration crisis in Ceuta ended as quickly as it began. However, it was only part of a much larger problem. How events in the Spanish enclave demonstrate the depth of the problem within the EU and how Europe's enemies are exploiting these problems – read this article by RBC-Ukraine. Key points: Breakthrough in Ceuta: Large groups of Moroccan migran…
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