After Ceuta, Spain's leader Sánchez faces his biggest challenge : NPR

Key Points:

• Nearly 60,000 migrants, mostly Moroccan, crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco within days, prompting Spain to mobilize the army and install a floating border barrier to regain control of the situation.
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned foreign criticism, including from U.S. President Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who framed the influx as a security threat and led Italy to temporarily suspend the Schengen agreement with Spain.
• Critics allege Moroccan authorities were complicit or absent during the mass crossing, suggesting the crisis may have been intentionally manufactured amid tense Spain-Morocco relations over territorial disputes and shifting political alliances.
• Right-wing parties in Spain and Europe have seized on the crisis to push for stricter border controls and harsher immigration policies, while Sánchez defends regulated migration as beneficial to Spain’s economy and society.
• The crisis exposes growing tensions within the EU over migration policy, with Sánchez increasingly isolated in his pro-migration stance as member states call for emergency measures to secure Europe's external borders.