EU 'passed' test of border security with Ceuta incident: migration chief

The European Union's migration chief stated the bloc passed a crucial test. This test involved border security and resilience to disinformation. The situation arose from a migrant rush into Ceuta, Spain's territory. Commissioner Magnus Brunner ...

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European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner speaks during a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.

Brussels, Belgium: The EU's migration chief said Tuesday the bloc successfully met a "test" of its border security and "resilience to disinformation" in the handling of a migrant rush into Spain's North African territory of Ceuta.

"These past few days were a test of our European resilience, a test of the security of our external borders," Commissioner Magnus Brunner told reporters following talks with the bloc's interior ministers. "Europe, I think, has definitely passed this test."
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