EU migration rifts deepen after Ceuta crossings
Migrants who crossed from Morocco into Spain line up for food distribution on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
European Union interior ministers will hold urgent talks on Aug. 4 over the mass arrival of migrants in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, which has deepened divisions within the bloc over migration policy.
The informal videoconference, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Brussels time, will review developments in Ceuta and discuss a possible coordinated response.
Around 60,000 people are estimated to have crossed into the enclave from Morocco last week, many by swimming around a border barrier. Most have since returned to Morocco.
