After breach at Spain's border, EU countries downplay political divide
- European Union nations are downplaying tensions after tens of thousands of people entered Spanish territory from Morocco last week and as right-wing parties try to capitalize on anti-migration sentiment.
- Authorities in Spain have identified several suspected jihadists among the thousands of people who crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week, according to a report.
- Some 70,000 migrants crossed illegally into the autonomous city in North Africa before mostly returning back across the border in a political crisis that has inflamed tensions with the European Union and stoked anti-immigration rhetoric.
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- European Union nations are downplaying tensions after tens of thousands of people entered Spanish territory from Morocco last week and as right-wing parties try to capitalize on anti-migration sentiment.
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- Authorities in Spain have identified several suspected jihadists among the thousands of people who crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week, according to a report.
- Some 70,000 migrants crossed illegally into the autonomous city in North Africa before mostly returning back across the border in a political crisis that has inflamed tensions with the European Union and stoked anti-immigration rhetoric.
Sources: The Independent, NPR