# What do the Ceuta crossings reveal about EU migration policy?

https://mins.news/en/video/13419

- TRT World, 2026-08-04 14:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmbN8kAfQcI

> EU interior ministers held emergency talks after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. At least 72 people died while attempting the journey. Francesco Rizzuto of Liverpool John Moores University examines what the crossings and the deaths reveal about the European Union’s approach to migration policy. His analysis focuses on the policy questions raised by the movement of migrants into Ceuta and the resulting emergency response.

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