Ceuta, Spain and Migrant
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Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week.
Ceuta migration influx has resulted in tens of thousands of migrants who originally travelled into the Spanish territory to return to North Africa; Spain to put up containment fence.
Thousands of migrants have entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco, with at least 18 dying in the attempt, prompting local officials to seek help from Spain's national government.
Spain’s prime minister faced a barrage of criticism after jetting off to the Canary Islands for a holiday as hundreds of migrants refused to leave the Spanish territory of Ceuta.
Whether or not Spain manages to resolve the latest migrant crisis, it has highlighted the irritation of many European governments with Mr Sánchez’s relaxed immigration policy. During the migrant influx in 2021 other Europeans displayed solidarity with Spain. The European Commission declared that “Spanish borders are European borders.”