This shows that right-wing extremists are lying to attack the Schengen area. The migrants arrived in an exclave completely separate from the European mainland and will be barred from travelling there.
This shows that right-wing extremists are lying to attack the Schengen area. The migrants arrived in an exclave completely separate from the European mainland and will be barred from travelling there.
Yeah I heard that too, this doesn’t just happen. On the one hand, there is a ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court stating that anyone who reaches Ceuta can apply for asylum and may not be returned to Morocco; that has undoubtedly had an impact. But it is also a land border between Europe and Africa that is jointly controlled. Europe wants to externalize the asylum and migration policy. To do so, they would have to cooperate, and that entails risks. And then as you said there’s indeed speculation that Spain has sought rapprochement with Algeria, so marocco sort of permitted or tolerated this surge. Externalizing your immigration policy requires good partners. It could therefore potentially be used as leverage.