# ‘Absolutely’: MEP calls Ceuta’s Frontex request an admission of defeat

https://mins.news/en/video/39900

- euronews, 2026-09-01 07:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8QJPKqNNo

> Spain asked Frontex on Friday to help in Ceuta while the crisis remained unresolved, leaving 5,000 migrants stranded. MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar said the request was “absolutely” an admission of defeat.

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