This shows that right-wing extremists are lying to attack the Schengen area. The migrants arrived in an exclave completely separate from the European mainland and will be barred from travelling there.
This shows that right-wing extremists are lying to attack the Schengen area. The migrants arrived in an exclave completely separate from the European mainland and will be barred from travelling there.
Italy calling for Spain to be removed from the Schengen area is crazy. Gerald Knaus: There’s two simple facts, in the last three years there are more people who arrived irregularly in Italy than in Spain. Spain was much better at reducing arrivals. And at the same time, Spain is cooperating with other European countries in taking back people who arrive in Spain and then go on to France or Germany. Spain is taking them back. Its the Star performer in Dublin in the Mediterranean. Italy on the other hand is taking back nobody for the last 3 years. Last year Spain accepted a 1900 people from France. Italy accepted zero. So for Georgia Meloni now to say hey Spain is not playing by the rules, when Italy has more irregular migrants and completely obstructs the Dublin system, that’s a bit rich… Source: Nieuwsuur 31-07
The Moroccan government weaponized its own population’s hope for a better future against Spain, likely due to territorial disputes between the two countries and Pedro Sanchez’s recent diplomatic visit to Algeria.
The scale of this operation, combined with the online campaign and the fact that it coincided with a Moroccan national holiday, seems to point to a covert attempt at hybrid warfare by the state, rather than a case of human trafficking networks.
And instead of showing solidarity, certain European leaders (especially in Italy, but also in Denmark and elsewhere) decided to exploit the situation for political campaigning. Quite sad.
Yeah I heard that too, this doesn’t just happen. On the one hand, there is a ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court stating that anyone who reaches Ceuta can apply for asylum and may not be returned to Morocco; that has undoubtedly had an impact. But it is also a land border between Europe and Africa that is jointly controlled. Europe wants to externalize the asylum and migration policy. To do so, they would have to cooperate, and that entails risks. And then as you said there’s indeed speculation that Spain has sought rapprochement with Algeria, so marocco sort of permitted or tolerated this surge. Externalizing your immigration policy requires good partners. It could therefore potentially be used as leverage.