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Sanchez denies migrant crisis link to Europe
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez emphasized that solidarity and empathy towards migrants are voluntary choices, whereas respecting European treaties and regulations is not. Sánchez presented statistics from Frontex indicating that Italy recorded the highest number of irregular entries between 2021 and 2026, followed by the Western Balkans, then Greece and Spain, with some variation in the figures. This came amid rising European tensions over migration, especially after the illegal migrant flow crisis in the city of Ceuta, which led Italy to suspend the Schengen Agreement with Spain and Finland to call for support. The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister expressed that the crisis exposes the failure of European migration policies, considering that the flow of migrants is a natural result of Western policies in the Middle East and Africa. Sánchez called for the continued building of a strong and unified European Union and urged addressing the root causes of the crisis by supporting development in countries of origin, while rejecting unilateral security solutions that may worsen migrant suffering. He stressed the importance of humane treatment of migrants and tackling the causes of migration through development and conflict resolution in source regions.
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