EU calls for stronger borders after Ceuta migrant crossings

Ursula von der Leyen has called for action ahead of an urgent EU interior ministers meeting to discuss the issue.

Spain’s migrant crisis reopens deep EU rifts

Bloc’s home affairs ministers will convene this week as tensions over immigration policy mount

How Morocco is pressuring the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla

The sudden arrival of 50,000 people in Ceuta raises questions about Rabat's role in this migration crisis, as Morocco continues to challenge Spain's sovereignty over the two cities.

Stronger EU borders needed after Ceuta crisis, von der Leyen says

European Commission president says work needed in five areas of migration control including returning more people The president of the European Commission has called for action to strengthen Europe’s borders after tens of thousands of people arrived and quickly left the Spanish territory of Ceuta, triggering a furious row between Madrid and other European countries. In a letter to Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Monday, Ursula von der Leyen said: “From this incident, it is clear tha...

By Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Hundreds of migrant minors stranded in Ceuta after border crisis

Spanish law mandates protection for unaccompanied minors, but many in Ceuta lack food and shelter.

Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain's Ceuta after border crossing

A teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind. More than 800 minors, four days after the collective push by migrants into Ceuta, face a scary present and an uncertain future.

Ceuta: EU calls borders a 'shared European responsibility'

The European Commission has offered Morocco more support at the border to Ceuta and Melilla, and called for "united action" from the bloc on border security. Its interior ministers will discuss the issue on Tuesday.

Ceuta migrant influx reignites immigration divisions in Europe

The arrival of 60,000 people into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco last week has created serious tensions within the EU over immigration. Spain has called for a meeting of EU interior ministers which is due to take place Tuesday.

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Spanish PM faces backlash for plugging summer playlist on holiday during Ceuta crisis and wildfires

Pedro Sanchez unveiled a new Spotify playlist on Saturday as he travelled to Lanzarote

By James C. Reynolds

Morocco confirms online disinformation campaign behind mass Ceuta border rush

A new investigation traced a weeks-long online campaign across TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram that allegedly helped mobilize thousands toward Ceuta.

Von der Leyen responds to Spanish PM's criticism over migrant influx to Ceuta

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for his handling of the influx of 60,000 migrants into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

Ceuta: Von der Leyen calls for joint EU response to strengthen borders - The Brussels Times

Ceuta: Von der Leyen calls for joint EU response to strengthen borders  The Brussels Times

Von der Leyen to Sanchez: EU must do more to strengthen its borders

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for a "common European response" to strengthen the European Union's external borders following the migration crisis in Ceuta and the diplomatic tensions it triggered The post Von der Leyen to Sanchez: EU must do more to strengthen its borders appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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Morocco links misinformation, ruling to migrant flows - cphpost.dk

Morocco links misinformation, ruling to migrant flows  cphpost.dk