Europe's Borders Under Siege: What Ceuta Reveals About Our Collective Failure In recent years, migrants have been attempting to reach Spain's North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco.
However, in the last 24 hours, that trickle has turned into a tsunami, with approximately 60,000 people crossing the border – a staggering figure that puts immense pressure on local authorities and raises uncomfortable questions about Europe's handling of migration.
Ceuta, an autonomous city situated on the northern coast of Africa, has long been a flashpoint in diplomatic relations between Spain and Morocco.