France: EU Backs Spain over Ceuta Migration Crisis
EU ministers backed Spain’s response and urged stronger returns and border controls after about 72,000 migrants entered Ceuta last week, officials said.
- On Tuesday, EU interior ministers met in Madrid to address the surge of about 72,000 migrants into Ceuta, calling for tougher action against smuggling networks and stronger external border policies.
- The mass crossings were allegedly fueled by disinformation and human trafficking networks, resulting in about 75 deaths; Rabat attributed the events to social media misinformation, though some analysts questioned if Morocco permitted the surge as leverage.
- Danish immigration minister Morten Bodskov called for increased funding, stating, "We will not accept a repeat of the situation in 2015," while Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi urged the bloc to adopt "new hub models" for processing asylum procedures.
- French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced France is deploying 186 additional officers to bolster the 334 already patrolling the Spanish border, emphasizing member states expressed solidarity with Spain's crisis management.
- Italy suspended passport-free Schengen travel with Spain for one month, despite EU consensus that the zone remains part of the solution; meanwhile, European Commissioner Magnus Brunner noted the EU is negotiating a strategic comprehensive partnership agreement with Morocco.
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According to France's Interior Minister Nunez, all participants in the EU Interior Ministers' Meeting have condemned attempts to divide the EU on the Ceuta issue. According to the Commissioner for Migration Brunner, Spain offered "financial" and "operational" assistance.
The European Union expresses its total solidarity with Spain after the migration crisis in Ceuta, said European Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Brunner, at the end of an emergency meeting of the internal administration ministers of the bloc, motivated by the migration crisis that has occurred in Ceuta since last Thursday. Brunner classifying the crisis as a test of European resilience. The meeting also aimed to alleviate tensions with Spain a…
EU commends Spain's 'swift response' to Ceuta migrant crisis
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