The European Union has stated that its migration system successfully repelled a sudden influx of migrants to Spain last week. Madrid reports that 70,000 of the 72,000 people who crossed into Ceuta have already returned home.
Despite the EU's efforts to project unity, the crisis has exposed significant fault lines regarding migration among member nations. EU leaders fought over the initial response to the surge, highlighting internal divisions.
The Spanish prime minister has lashed out at EU colleagues who blamed the Ceuta episode on his government's pro-immigration policies.