The Brief, powered by APPLiA – Blackmail over borders
When Margaritis Schinas says that “no one can blackmail the European Union”, Morocco and other neighbourhood states might well think that the EU’s Migration Commissioner is bluffing. The decision by Rabat to allow thousands of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week is a reminder of how quickly migration can be weaponised and used as a bargaining chip. Moroccan officials have hinted that its border manoeuvres were a response to Spain providing hospital treatment for Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario Front, who was suffering ...
Source: euractiv.com