Europe’s Border Doctrine Under Pressure: Ceuta Exposes the Limits of the EU’s Migration Strategy
The unprecedented migrant surge into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta has reignited a fundamental debate over Europe’s migration policy. While Brussels defended its long-term framework for migration management, the crisis exposed significant operational gaps, renewed political divisions among member states, and strengthened arguments in favor of stricter external border protection, a model long advocated by countries such as Greece.