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Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called for an urgent meeting of EU interior ministers after what he called some member states’ “selfish, polarising and unlawful reaction” to this week’s mass border crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in north Africa.
More than 50,000 people crossed into the enclave from Morocco on Thursday and Friday, with at least 67 people dying in the attempt. Some drowned, while others were crushed as they attempted to cross a breakwater barrier.
Although more than 48,000 people had voluntarily returned to Morocco by 6pm on Friday, the massive influx triggered a political crisis for the Madrid government and led some fellow EU countries to call for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen free-movement zone.
Italy announced on Friday evening that it would suspend its Schengen arrangements with Spain, even though Ceuta – and Spain’s other north African enclave, Melilla – are subject to special Schengen rules that prevent onward movement within the zone.
Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, blamed the situation in Ceuta on the Sánchez government’s decision to offer a now closed scheme to regularise the status of more than 1 million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. He said the programme had incentivised human trafficking and was “profoundly wrong”.
Tajani’s remarks prompted a sharp response from Spain’s foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, who said the comments were “unbecoming” and accused Italy of “partisan demagoguery”.
Sánchez was equally forthright in a letter sent to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Council president, António Costa, and Micheál Martin, the prime minister of Ireland, which holds the EU presidency.
In the letter, the Spanish prime minister said he had been deeply concerned by the reaction some EU governments had shown to events in Ceuta.
Sánchez said that while most had expressed support and solidarity, others had chosen to attack Spain and to call for its temporary exclusion from the Schengen area.
“Such an attitude – driven by prejudice, fake news, ignorance, or political interest – is … contrary to European law, humanitarian law, and the principles of solidarity that bind us together,” he said.
In a pointed rebuke to Italy, he also noted that Spain was “according to Frontex, one of the least porous external borders of the European Union, with a number of irregular entries that is half that recorded, for example, in Italy in recent years (2021–2026)”.
He concluded by saying the EU could not afford “this kind of selfish, polarising and unlawful reaction” and asked for an urgent video conference of EU interior ministers to address the issue.
Senior EU officials are due to meet on Saturday in a “political crisis response team” convened by Ireland’s presidency. The meeting is designed to help member states make clear responses using expert opinion.
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Ireland’s justice minister, Jim O’Callaghan, who is leading on behalf of the EU, said he had been in touch with Spain’s interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, to express his solidarity and support.
“I will remain in close contact with the Spanish government, member states and the EU institutions as the situation evolves,” he said on Friday night.
Many of the remaining people who crossed into Ceuta returned to Morocco on Saturday morning amid a reinforced Spanish police and military presence.
“We hope to go to Europe to work and earn a living – that’s it,” Souleil Boyan, a 19-year-old from Senegal, told Agence France-Presse outside a migrant centre in Ceuta where dozens of other people from sub-Saharan Africa were waiting for officials.
“We all know that in Africa there isn’t much opportunity,” he added.
The Spanish government said in a statement that the situation in Ceuta remained calm and quiet.
“Friday night passed without incident,” it said. “Entries were completely halted, while departures to Morocco continued without any notable events.”
It also said containment barriers were being installed at the Tarajal beach breakwater, including a 500-metre-long inflatable barrier and a line of anchored buoys.
