Spain’s prime minister slammed the reaction of some other European leaders, saying calls to suspend Spain from the borderless Schengen zone were “driven by prejudice, fake news, ignorance, or political interest.”

The sudden increase in the number of people swimming to the small enclave has prompted calls for a national emergency.

Spain has deployed military reinforcements to the North African enclave of Ceuta after a massive surge of migrants crossed from Morocco by sea and through border barriers,…