The European Commission is set to release emergency funds to Spain following a demand from Madrid to help shore up its Ceuta enclave borders with Morocco.
“We are now working on assessing the request as a priority, and in view of taking a swift decision,” an EU commission spokesperson told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday (25 August).
He added that “the priority remains to ensure the swift return of all those who remain illegally in Ceuta.”
No figures on amounts have been disclosed.
Madrid had sent the request on Monday, which also includes “security-related infrastructure” and additional help for unaccompanied minors that remain in Ceuta after some 80,000 asylum hopefuls arrived in the enclave late July.
