Spain asks EU for help to process 5,000 Ceuta migrants amid local unrest
- Thousands of migrants remain in the Spanish enclave, triggering anger among Ceuta residents.
- Spain has asked Europe’s Border and Coastguard Agency, Frontex, for help to process some 5,000 migrants in Ceuta who crossed into the North African territory one month ago.
- Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska sent the request to Beate Gminder, the European Commission’s director general for migration and home affairs, on Friday.
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- Thousands of migrants remain in the Spanish enclave, triggering anger among Ceuta residents.
- Spain has asked Europe’s Border and Coastguard Agency, Frontex, for help to process some 5,000 migrants in Ceuta who crossed into the North African territory one month ago.
- Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska sent the request to Beate Gminder, the European Commission’s director general for migration and home affairs, on Friday.
Sources: Al Jazeera