Data released by the Spanish Interior Ministry revealed that nearly 48,300 people voluntarily returned to Morocco
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused several EU governments of acting out of “prejudice” and undermining European solidarity after they called for internal Schengen border controls in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta.
In a letter sent on Saturday to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President António Costa and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, whose country currently holds the rotating Council presidency, Sánchez expressed his “serious concern” over the reaction of some European capitals.
Italy, Denmark and Finland were among the nations asking to impose internal borders after more than 50,000 migrants entered from Morocco into the Spanish overseas enclave of Ceuta, on the North African coast, between Thursday and Friday.
The Spanish leader said the response from some European capitals was “driven by prejudice, fake news, ignorance, or political interest… contrary to European law, humanitarian law, and the principles of solidarity that bind us together.”
