Spain has installed a 1,600-foot sea barrier on its border with Morocco in Ceuta after tens of thousands of migrants breached the frontier, resulting in at least 67 deaths.
Key points
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defended the EU's external borders as a shared responsibility while criticizing calls to suspend Spain from the Schengen zone.
- Italian premier Giorgia Meloni threatened to suspend Italy's open-border Schengen agreement with Spain and reimposed border controls.
- Leaders from 22 European Union countries signed a letter calling for a coordinated response and an urgent videoconference of interior ministers.
- Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska defended Morocco as a reliable partner after the border breach.
Why it matters
The mass border crossings and subsequent fatalities in Ceuta have triggered intense diplomatic friction within the European Union and renewed debates over border security and migration policies.
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