Europe “will not be intimidated by anyone” on the issue of migration, an EU official has said, as thousands of migrants continue to be returned to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Europe “will not be intimidated by anyone” on the issue of migration, an EU official has said, as thousands of migrants continue to be returned to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Around 8,000 people got into the city on boats crammed with men, women, and children, while many others swam or even paddled across the border between Monday and Tuesday.
Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in the city on Tuesday, vowing to "restore order" after the thousands of migrants entered from Morocco.
Since then some 4,000 have been returned, according to the Spanish government.
The flow of migrants occurred amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Madrid and Rabat, and there have been suggestions Morocco did little to prevent it.
EU commissioner for the European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, told a Spanish radio station on Wednesday morning that Europe would “not be a victim of these tactics.”
"Ceuta is Europe, this border is a European border and what is happening there is not Madrid's problem, it is the problem of all,” he said.