The Ceuta Crisis: A Wake Up Call for Europe's Migration Policy A sudden influx of 72,000 migrants into Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish territory in North Africa, has left European leaders scrambling to respond to a crisis that exposes deep divisions within the EU.
The scale and speed of the crossing have sparked controversy over whether the EU's new Pact on Migration and Asylum is failing or working as designed.
At first glance, it seems like a classic case of bad timing: Spain's progressive migration policies under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are being criticized by neighboring countries with stricter immigration laws.