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POLITICS● ELEVATEDSep 17 · Sep 17, 2026, 6:16 PM

The Ceuta effect: how far will Europe's anti-migrant backlash go?

France 24 [en] · western europe

As the United States threatens Europe with more tariffs and eyes Greenland, as Russia tests the continent’s resolve over Ukraine, as the planet overheats, where do citizens sense the biggest threat? In her Wednesday state of the EU speech, the Commission president addressed Ursula von der Leyen going big on manning the borders, literally suggesting new tools to better deal with migration, particularly after July’s run on Ceuta, where over two days, tens of thousands of mostly Moroccans overran Spain’s North African enclave.

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