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EU approves tougher migration rules in latest push to tighten borders

Police escort migrants from Benitez Beach to be relocated to the camp set up at the port of Ceuta, Spain, 18 September 2026.
Police escort migrants from Benitez Beach to be relocated to the camp set up at the port of Ceuta, Spain, 18 September 2026. © REUTERS

European Union interior ministers agreed on Thursday to toughen the bloc's migration policies, particularly on returns of undocumented migrants. They also want to step up social media monitoring to prevent further mass movements of people after the crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta this summer.

The talks in Luxembourg were EU ministers' first in-person meeting since this summer's migrant rush to Ceuta tested European border security.

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