In the EU Interior Ministers’ videocall on the Ceuta crisis, “a shared vision emerged on the need to continue relentlessly fighting migrant trafficking, to enhance returns, to strengthen EU borders, to establish solid partnerships with third countries, and to improve forecasting capacity.” This was announced by the EU Council, adding: “The ministers emphasized that communication should be more coordinated and consistent, especially to counter malicious external actors engaged in information manipulation and foreign interference.”
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Piantedosi: “Use every lever with those who do not cooperate”
“If a third country refuses to cooperate on the readmission of its citizens, the Union must be able to apply strong conditionalities in every sector, using all available levers.” This was stated by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi in his speech at the extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council. “We can no longer afford for economic diplomacy to run on a separate track from cooperation on security and migration.”
“Italy has formally requested this, both with a letter addressed to Commissioner Brunner and on the occasion of the last Informal Dublin Council, towards countries like Morocco, which, despite not cooperating on returns, enjoys significant advantages in trade relations with Europe,” the minister emphasized. “In this regard, we warmly welcome the breakthrough made by the new Generalized Scheme of Preferences Regulation, recently approved by the European Parliament and set to enter into force on January 1, 2027,” he added. “Alongside firmness on borders and combating traffickers’ networks, Europe must have the courage to decisively pursue innovative solutions.”
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Spanish Interior Minister: 70,000 returned from Ceuta to Morocco
Since the beginning of the crisis in Ceuta, “72,000 migrants have entered illegally. Of these, 70,000 have returned to Morocco.” This was stated by Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska in a press conference after the EU ministers’ videocall on migration.
In the meeting with European Interior Ministers, “it was clarified that Ceuta enjoys a special status within the Schengen area” and that “no one can leave Ceuta without effective document control,” Grande-Marlaska specified.
