Europe has failed on illegal migration. The scenes from Ceuta will happen again

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Back in May 2021, around 8,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta after Morocco deliberately relaxed border controls during a diplomatic row with Madrid after Brahim Ghali, the leader of the separatist Polisario Front, was admitted to Spain for medical treatment.
51% : Some 60,000 migrants have poured into Ceuta in just 24 hours, according to Ceuta's President, Juan Jesús Vivas, in what is believed to be the largest single day of irregular arrivals ever recorded anywhere in the European Union.
48% : This apparent collapse in border security may seem unprecedented, but it should not come as a surprise.
47% : Along with nearby Melilla, it forms the EU's only land border with Africa, making the enclave a natural pressure point whenever migration routes shift or diplomatic tensions flare.
42% : Ever since more than one million migrants and refugees entered Europe during the 2015 crisis - a moment that was supposed to be the wake-up call that forced the continent to act - successive EU leaders have promised stronger borders, faster asylum procedures and more effective returns.

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