Andy Burnham urged to 'leave the ECHR' as migrant crisis fears grow after storming of Spanish border

Andy Burnham urged to 'leave the ECHR' as migrant crisis fears grow after storming of Spanish border  GB News

Thousands of migrants have streamed into Europe via a tiny Spanish enclave in recent days, prompting calls for a national emergency.

France moved to reinforce checks along its border with Spain after a surge of migrant arrivals in Ceuta, fueling fresh political pressure on Europe’s passport-free travel zone.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, along with Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, will visit Ceuta later today after nearly 50,000 migrants crossed the border in chaotic scenes

At least eighteen migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, where Spain deployed its military after thousands of people breached the border with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory.

For many migrants hoping to reach Europe, Ceuta offers one of the shortest routes onto EU territory.Spain has deployed its armed forces to the North African enclave of Ceuta after thousand migrants crossed into the territory from neighbouring Morocco in one of the largest border breaches in recent years. The Spanish in

Italy has threatened to suspend Schengen travel with Spain as a major migrant influx in Ceuta sparks a diplomatic clash.

A Guardia Civil spokesperson said earlier the migrants were “massively entering from the sea” through the Tarajal breakwater

Several fires are being reported in Morocco's Beni-Enzar town

Several fires are being reported in a Moroccan port town neighbouring a Spanish territory as riots broke out

Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Migrants storm Morocco’s border with Spanish territory  thetimes.com