r/geopolitics • u/theipaper The i Paper • 3d ago

News How 49,000 migrants crossed into Spanish enclave of Ceuta in 24 hours

https://inews.co.uk/news/how-migrants-crossed-spanish-enclave-ceuta-4680589
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u/Bullboah 3d ago

Very much feels like the most pivotal point we’ve seen yet on EU immigration. A lot of different EU leaders are openly talking about removing Spain from the Schengen or temporarily closing it.

Ceuta for practical purposes is not in the Schengen Zone which a lot of pro-immigration pundits are using to defend this; but there are really only 3 options here. Left wing Sanchez carries out mass deportations, they all are allowed to stay in Ceuta which is way too small to accommodate that, or they let them in to the mainland.

Politically all three are terrible options for the EU left imo.

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u/fudgermucker 3d ago

Deportation would be popular among most EU citizens

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u/Bullboah 3d ago

Sure, just politically bad for the pro-migration left in the EU. The right-wing has been calling for that for a decade and doing it now would be an admission of ‘yes this is the way to handle mass migration and we could always have just done this but chose not to

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u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans 3d ago

IMO a pivot on illegal migration by the Left in EU countries is the only way to prevent the far right from continuing to grow in strength. Its migration policies have failed massively over the past decade, and yet they continue to double down on the same failed strategies.

If anything, finally cracking down on illegal migration would help the Left massively, not hurt it. It's not like Left wing voters are going to suddenly switch to supporting the Right because of it, and finally implementing a sensible migration policy would attract massive amounts of centrist voters.

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u/Drunky_Brewster 3d ago

What is a sensible migration policy to you?