Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged Spain to tighten border controls after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, saying Madrid must follow Warsaw’s example “if Schengen is to survive.”

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    Nothing but opportunists all across Europe (and especially in Italy). Instead of uniting against what is obviously an act of aggression by Morocco against Spain, they attack the Spanish government and exaggerate the situation with the aim of benefiting their respective parties at home (The Schengen area is not at stake, for those who don’t know geography, Ceuta is in Africa, it’s isolated. Heck! It isn’t even part of the Schengen area in the first place).

    There are many things for which it is fair to criticize Sanchez, but this is not one of them.

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      The Schengen area is not at stake, for those who don’t know geography, Ceuta is in Africa, it’s isolated. Heck! It isn’t even part of the Schengen area in the first place

      I believe the danger they see is that these people are now allowed to ask for asylum, and while waiting on that the decision are free to roam Spain. Since there are no internal border checks, they can basically travel all around the Schengen area and ask for another asylum in the next country. i’m not really sure of the exact rules, but them hanging around in Ceuta is not the danger they see.

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        and while waiting on that the decision are free to roam Spain.

        They are not. (Can’t go to the mainland. Even then they might not be allowed to travel freely as asylum seekers.)

        Since there are no internal border checks,

        There sadly are nowadays, thanks to rightwing nutjobs in governments.

        they can basically travel all around the Schengen area and ask for another asylum in the next country.

        They could not, even if they reached the mainland (Dublin procedure).