MADRID – Almost a month after tens of thousands of migrants crossed the border with Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, experts warn that such a crisis is likely to happen again.
Images of 72,000 migrants streaming into the tiny Spanish territory in north Africa in late July sparked an international row. Of the 27 European Union states, 22 signed a letter condemning Spain, claiming its recent migration amnesty had acted as a “pull factor” destabilising the bloc’s borders.
Most of the migrants left Ceuta within 24 hours but about 8,000 are still in the territory of around 83,000, creating not only a problem for Spain but concern across Europe about what comes next.
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Italy has suspended the Schengen agreement for travellers from Spain, leading Madrid to introduce reciprocal measures for travellers from Italy.
