EU should use leverage with Morocco after Ceuta crossings, EU migration chief says

BRUSSELS, Aug 6 - The European Union should use all available leverage, including visa and trade policy, to secure cooperation from Morocco on migration, EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said on Thursday.

The activists claimed that they remained within Lebanese territory for hours before they were located by authorities and transferred to the Israel Police.

Minister tells reporters least 75 people died after EU ministers meet to discuss response to the crisis Meanwhile, the European Commission said it was “monitoring very closely” the situation in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania as the region faces an energy crunch caused by the ongoing heatwave and drought. Energy spokespe

The sight of 60,000 Moroccans breaking into Spanish territory adds to the "invasion" narrative troubling the European imagination.

Morocco had previously warned Spain that a recent Spanish court ruling that migrants arriving by sea would not face immediate removal was going to create "a problem," a senior Moroccan official said.

Spain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have returned from Ceuta to Morocco since last week's crossing, while Moroccan authorities say about 40,000 people ​entered the enclave.

Thousands of Moroccans swam to Spainish terrain Cueta, with 72 losing their lives.Thousands of people braving rough seas, clinging to rubber tubes and makeshift flotation devices, trying desperately to swim barely 100 metres into Europe. These extraordinary scenes which unfolded at Spain's North African enclave of Ceut

What was the largest-ever migrant rush into Ceuta sparked an international crisis for Spain.