A migration crisis is unfolding at one of Europe’s most sensitive borders, and the White House is now weighing in on how Spain should respond.

More than 2,000 migrants have crossed from Morocco into the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in 10 days. The enclave’s president says he needs a national emergency to cope with the influx.

Migrants cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta
A member of the Spanish military keeps watch by a fence, as people waddle through water attempting to enter Spain, and in the background people who just entered Spain walk back to return to Morocco, amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, July 31, 2026. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Madrid told him no.

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