06/08/2026
Last week, 72,00 people briefly crossed into Ceuta, where at least 75 people died in the attempt. Although the majority of people have been sent back to Ceuta, politicians from the EU to the US to Israel seized on this moment to dehumanise migrants, attack Spanish migration policy and push measures for more violent border enforcement and deportation.
Here’s how European leaders are weaponing Ceuta to further a far-right turn in migration policy👉