After Ceuta, Europe is once again mired in migration chaos of its own making

Anti-immigration critics seized on the Ceuta migrant situation as evidence of the failure of soft policies, but in reality the bloc has become far more restrictionist in the past decade.

By: Kelsey Norman, Rice University and Nicholas R. Micinski, American University School of International Service, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: August 5, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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By Kelsey Norman, Rice University and Nicholas R. Micinski, American University School of International Service

Europe is again embroiled in a contentious debate about immigration.

On Aug. 4, 2026, European interior ministers met for an EU-wide crisis meeting on borders. This followed days of accusations, recriminations and in-fighting among EU member states over an incident in which approximately 70,000 people crossed from Morocco to the small Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the North African …

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