The European Commission is expected to further harden its migration policy in the wake of the Ceuta crisis, with major changes set to be adopted in the coming months and potentially announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union speech this week.
The events of 30 July represented the largest influx of irregular migrants in recent years, with around 80,000 people entering the Spanish exclave in a single day, adding pressure to an already clear political initiative to tighten migration rules in EU-wide legislation.
