Why is Spain and Morocco's border strip triggering its biggest migration crisis?

Why has Spain's tiny enclave of Ceuta become Europe's most volatile migration flashpoint? As thousands attempt to enter the European Union from Morocco, the crisis reveals the politics of border externalisation, asylum law and migration governance—raising broader questions that echo across India's own border management framework

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Why is Spain and Morocco's border strip triggering its biggest migration crisis?

Thousands of people swimming around breakwaters, families wading into European territory and troops rushing to reinforce a tiny coastal city—Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta has once again become the epicentre of Europe's migration debate. But the latest surge is more than another border emergency. It exposes how migration, diplomacy and law have become inseparable at one of the world's most politically sensitive frontiers.

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