The BBC’s headline yesterday as thousands marched and swam from Morocco into Ceuta, one of two Spanish enclaves in North Africa, stated the figure as “hundreds.” That has been quickly remedied – someone get the Verify team on the case…
Spanish authorities are sending the military to deal with the total breakdown at its border and have estimated that 49-50,000 migrants crossed into its territory. And into Europe – nice of us to loosen that Gibraltar border…
Almost 20 people have so far been declared dead in the crossing attempt. Italy’s Meloni is looking to suspend Schengen free movement with Spain in an extreme measure. The EU is undergoing some serious ruptures…
The French are now fortifying their border with Spain. Interior minister Laurent Nuñez said on X:
“In response to the situation observed in the Ceuta enclave, I gave instructions as of last night to immediately strengthen the controls at the Spanish border. Furthermore, I am activating the Rapid Intervention Border Force for in-depth checks.”
Ceuta only has a permanent population of 84,000 people. Migration watchers are blaming a Spain Supreme Court ruling earlier this month which decreed that migrants intercepted at sea cannot be summarily or immediately expelled back to Morocco without a longer legal process. More suicidal policy…
These numbers are nearly five times higher than the peak of the 2015 European migration crisis. Mayhem…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”