The Ceuta breach exposed how Brussels pays Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Mauritania to stop migrants before they reach Europe, but the system has also turned migration into strategic leverage and left the EU vulnerable to pressure from governments beyond its borders

The recent wave of migrants into Spain's Ceuta has triggered humanitarian and border-control emergency measures by Spain and other European countries, while it has also laid bare…

Thousands of Moroccans fleeing economic despair risked their lives to reach Ceuta, only to face forced deportations