EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting

<p>Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/ceuta-spain-eu-border-africa">Explainer: Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint?</a></p></li></ul><p>The EU’s top official on migration has criticised <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/spain-decree-regularise-undocumented-migrants">Spain’s plan to regularise undocumented migrants</a> as “not a good signal” for Europe, after an emergency meeting intended to draw a line under divisions on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/ceuta-spain-eu-border-africa">Ceuta crisis.</a></p><p>Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for migration, said that while the EU could not currently see a direct link between events in Ceuta and Spain’s regularisation plan, the policy was “definitely not a good signal for the rest of Europe”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/04/eu-criticises-spain-migrant-plan-ceuta-crisis-meeting">Continue reading...</a>