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Spain installs sea barrier after migrant surge, EU calls for coordinated response

Spain has erected a sea barrier between Ceuta and Morocco following a massive influx of migrants. The barrier was installed after tens of thousands of individuals crossed into Ceuta earlier in the week, resulting in at least 67 deaths. Several EU member states have called for a coordinated response, with some threatening to suspend Spain from the Schengen Area due to concerns about uncontrolled border crossings and the potential instrumentalization of migration. AI

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Spain installs sea barrier after migrant surge, EU calls for coordinated response

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Suman Naishadham, The Associated Press ·

    Spain puts up a 1,600-foot sea barrier between Ceuta and Morocco after EU states warn against ‘uncontrolled mass crossings’

    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has also threatened to suspend Italy’s open-border Schengen agreement with Spain.