# 'Swift response' — Why EU ministers are backing Spain's handling of Ceuta border crisis

https://mins.news/en/video/13387

- DW News, 2026-08-04 21:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l8TiddLrrE

> Spain says the arrival of tens of thousands of irregular migrants in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta did not compromise Europe’s visa-free Schengen area. After emergency talks on Tuesday, the European Union’s 27 home affairs ministers backed Spain’s response to the incident. The Spanish government says 70,000 migrants have crossed back over the border into Morocco, while 2,000 remain in the exclave. DW journalists are covering developments from Ceuta and Brussels.

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