Ceuta crisis exposes EU divisions over migration policy
Interior ministers from the European Union's 27 member states have been summoned to a videoconference on Tuesday to draw lessons from the crisis on July 30, which saw nearly 50,000 migrants from Morocco illegally enter the Spanish enclave.
The European Union is holding a videoconference of its 27 member states' interior ministers to discuss the recent migration crisis in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Nearly 50,000 migrants from Morocco illegally entered Ceuta on July 30, according to Le Monde English.
The crisis has exposed divisions within the EU over migration policy, with some countries, led by Italian politician Giorgia Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, criticizing Spain's approach, as reported by El Pais.
Spain has said that 48,000 of the migrants were quickly returned to Morocco and has blamed disinformation on social media for the surge, RTE News reported. The EU has expressed solidarity with Spain, and the Spanish government will use the meeting to call for more return hubs, where rejected asylum seekers would be sent to third-party countries while their deportation is organised.
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