Spain's PM blames trafficking mafia for ongoing Ceuta migrant crisis

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez blamed trafficking networks for a sudden surge of roughly forty thousand migrants arriving in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on the north African coast. He called the influx an attack and violation of Spanish territory. France 24 reports that criminal networks exploited a recent court ruling blocking immediate returns for sea arrivals—a restriction that doesn't apply to land crossings.

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