Ceuta at the Fault Lines of European Solidarity - The EU’s External Border Regime Between Reform and Political Tensions
Bornemann, Jonas
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Verfassungsblog
2026-08-03
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On Friday morning, Europeans woke up to unsettling news. Within 24 hours, approximately 60,000 migrants successfully managed to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, and several dozen have been reported dead in the attempt to swim across the border. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has ordered the military to support the Civil Guard on the ground. What caused this sudden influx? Does EU law offer the procedures and mechanisms to respond to the spontaneous arrival of such large numbers of people? And what do these events reveal about the internal functioning of the EU’s migration and asylum regime and solidarity between Member States?
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Bornemann, Jonas
Ceuta
EU Migration and Asylum Pact
migrant deaths
migrant rights
Schengen
Schengen acquis
Schengen Borders Code
Spain
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