Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez fends off blistering criticism within the EU over Ceuta crisis

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s migration policies have come under withering criticism as leaders from across the European Union meet Tuesday following last week’s rush of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa.

Sanchez's government has dismissed the attacks as politically motivated, saying most of the migrants were pushed back from Ceuta within hours.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's migration policies are facing criticism from EU leaders after a surge of migrants arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez fends off blistering criticism within the EU over Ceuta crisis  AP News

Despite the tense atmosphere, protesters and counterprotesters in Ceuta's Plaza de los Reyes gradually dispersed without the need for a larger police intervention.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denounced the “selfish” response of several EU member states to an influx of migrants crossing into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco this week, as the number of people who died rose to 67. Most of those 50,000 to 60,000 people who attempted the crossing had returned to

Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused fellow European Union leaders of being "selfish" for expressing concerns and enacting border restrictions in the wake of tens of thousands of illegal migrants flooding into Ceuta this week.

Bloc’s home affairs ministers will convene on Tuesday as tensions over immigration policy mount