An estimated 72,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco last week before most returned home, with at least 88 deaths reported and right-wing figures seizing on the images to push hardline anti-immigration policies.
EU interior ministers agreed to strengthen external security, fight migrant smuggling, and provide emergency aid to Spain following an incident where 60,000 people rushed the border in Ceuta.
數以萬計移民湧入西班牙北非飛地休達後，捷克總理巴比斯批評西班牙的移民合法化政策，並率先提出將西班牙排除出申根區，引發歐洲對移民、歐盟邊境與人員自由流動的激烈討論。
Spain has installed a 500-meter floating barrier off its North African enclave of Ceuta after a mass migrant crossing killed at least 67 people. The EU is alarmed, with 22 member states seeking coordinated action, while Spain's PM criticized Italy's Schengen suspension. Most of the 50,000 migrants who crossed have returned to Morocco.
Spain reports "virtually all" of the estimated 60,000 migrants who entered its North African enclave of Ceuta have voluntarily returned to Morocco, with at least 67 deaths confirmed. European nations plan an urgent meeting to coordinate a response to the mass influx, which EU leaders called "unacceptable."
The UK's debate on rejoining the EU overlooks the bloc's significant transformation since Brexit. The EU now features common borrowing, assertive industrial policy, and a more geopolitical stance towards the US and China, diverging from traditional British preferences for open markets and transatlantic ties.
Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier stated the UK could rejoin the EU with special terms, retaining the pound and Schengen opt-outs. He believes this is possible due to existing precedents and that evidence of Brexit's negative impact is growing clearer for the British public.
Sweden's migration minister called for stricter EU tourist visa rules for Russians, deeming it "insane" for them to holiday in Europe while Ukrainians die in the war. A letter from 11 nations urged the EU to harmonize restrictions, citing a rise in visas issued.
