Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged Spain to tighten border controls after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, saying Madrid must follow Warsaw’s example “if Schengen is to survive.”

  • huppakee@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The Schengen area is not at stake, for those who don’t know geography, Ceuta is in Africa, it’s isolated. Heck! It isn’t even part of the Schengen area in the first place

    I believe the danger they see is that these people are now allowed to ask for asylum, and while waiting on that the decision are free to roam Spain. Since there are no internal border checks, they can basically travel all around the Schengen area and ask for another asylum in the next country. i’m not really sure of the exact rules, but them hanging around in Ceuta is not the danger they see.

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      22 hours ago

      and while waiting on that the decision are free to roam Spain.

      They are not. (Can’t go to the mainland. Even then they might not be allowed to travel freely as asylum seekers.)

      Since there are no internal border checks,

      There sadly are nowadays, thanks to rightwing nutjobs in governments.

      they can basically travel all around the Schengen area and ask for another asylum in the next country.

      They could not, even if they reached the mainland (Dublin procedure).

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        14 hours ago

        Thanks for clarifying, it’s important these things are clear. Sadly, i don’t know what is true exactly while i do know what ‘the people’ think is true. Could have made it more clear myself I don’t know what the actual truth is.