European Ministers Express Solidarity with Spain After Migrant Surge in Ceuta

EU member states and Schengen-associated countries today unanimously expressed strong solidarity with Spain following last week’s surge of tens of thousands of migrants into its enclave—the town of Ceuta, on the northern Mediterranean coast of Morocco—praised the swift and effective response of Spanish authorities, and called for strengthening the EU’s external borders. In a statement following the video conference of EU interior ministers, condolences were