Migrants on site: Spain requests Frontex help with migration crisis in Ceuta
An area smaller than Frankfurt Airport, 5,000 migrants and angry protests - how Frontex is now supposed to help in Spain's North Africa enclave of Ceuta.
Spain has asked the EU border agency Frontex for help in managing the migration crisis in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska made the request to Beate Gminder, the European Commission's Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs, after a surge of around 72,000 migrants arrived in Ceuta from Morocco on July 30-31.
There are currently around 5,000 migrants still in Ceuta, and the Spanish government is seeking assistance with registration and processing. Frontex will provide 10 additional officers to help with the registration and initial assessment of migrants.
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