Mitsotakis in Politico: EU needs new measures to tackle the weaponization of migration
Hours before the EU emergency videoconference on Ceuta, he speaks of “the instrumentalization of asylum aimed at creating hybrid pressure” & proposes that, in exceptional cases, member states should “temporarily suspend the submission of asylum applications by newly arrived individuals”
Financial Times: Swimming lessons, Google Maps and wetsuits, how thousands of migrants swam into Ceuta
By Friday afternoon, Spanish authorities reported that around 48,300 of the roughly 60,000 people who swam into Ceuta this week had already returned voluntarily to Morocco, as officials confirmed almost all crossers had gone back
More than 37,500 of the 60,000 migrants who entered Ceuta return to Morocco, Spanish government says
Spain's interior ministry says so far more than 37,500 of the 60,000 migrants who crossed into Ceuta have already returned to Morocco, as Brussels insists there has been no fresh movement toward mainland Europe today
