Spain's Ceuta migrant crisis exposes EU divisions as Italy plays politics

In early August, tens of thousands of people crossed the sea from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta exclave in a single day, drawn by viral social media posts promising easy passage into Europe — promises that were false. At least 67 people died in the water, while most survivors were returned to Morocco within days. The surge became less a story about migration than about the politics migration makes possible: Italy's government suspended a border accord that did not apply to the crisis, EU leaders demanded Spain abandon policies unrelated to the crossing, and the dead were quietly folded into a deb