Border crisis in Ceuta

Over 48,000 have already returned voluntarily to Morocco

Over 48,300 of the Moroccans who entered the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in the past 24 hours have returned. This is stated by the Spanish Interior Ministry according to AFP.

At least 57 people have died, according to Spanish authorities.

Local authorities in Ceuta initially reported that around 60,000 migrants had made it there from Morocco. However, according to the Spanish Interior Ministry, it is about 50,000 people. In such cases, this would mean that around 1,700 of the Moroccans who made it to Ceuta are now left there.

Italy suspends agreement on free movement with Spain

Italy is suspending the Schengen agreement with Spain after the migrant crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, the Italian Interior Ministry said in a statement according to Reuters.

Italy has no border with Spain, but the decision will affect people traveling from Spain to Italy by boat or plane.

The Interior Ministry also said it agreed with Paris on the proposal to strengthen border controls between France and Italy.

Later, the ministry said checks would be carried out on people without citizenship in any EU country traveling to Italy from Spain.

The Schengen Agreement is the cooperation within the EU that is intended to facilitate free movement by establishing an area

Not a single migrant has made it to the mainland

Not a single person who made it from Morocco to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in the past two days has made it to the Spanish mainland. This is what the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, writes in a post on X.

The information comes from the Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, whom Brunner spoke to on the phone during the evening.

The Foreign Minister himself writes on X that “practically everyone” has returned and that the integrity of the Schengen area is “absolutely guaranteed”.

“It is not possible to move from Ceuta and Melilla to the mainland without showing identification at a police check”, writes Albares.

without border controls. Ceuta is not covered by the agreement, and does not have free movement to the rest of the EU.