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Ceuta migrant influx reignites immigration divisions in Europe

Cover image: Migrants who crossed into Spain are escorted by Spanish soldiers toward the Spanish-Moroccan border for their return to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Sunday, August 2, 2026. AP Photo/Bernat Armangue - Bernat Armangue

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.

The unprecedented influx of migrants who made their way from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa last Thursday and Friday has created tensions between Spain and the European partners most critical of its migration policy. Italy, followed by Denmark, immediately called for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen Area.

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