Algeria and the Ensuing Mass Influx of Moroccans Into the Spanish Enclave of Ceuta Demonstrate That Immigration Can Be Wielded As a Weapon

He laments that within the Schengen area, while each member controls its own relations with outside countries and visa policies, migration policy is communitarized. The Ceuta episode, he says, highlights the flaws in migration regulation within an imperfect European construction. On July 30, 2026, Morocco's throne day, 60,000 subjects of King Mohammed VI streamed into one of Spain's two North African possessions, without violence.

Days later, most had returned, except some unaccompanied minors. The shock was immense amid summer lull, underscoring the migratory pull of the EU and France. French, European, and American politicians commented amid legal confusion over Schengen border code application.