The Ceuta letter was written for a timeline, not for solidarity with Spain
On the letter from twenty-two heads of government, and why it concedes the argument it claims to be winningThe Ceuta letter argues against something that cannot have caused what happened.Twenty-two heads of government, led by Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen, name Spain’s mass regularisation as a pull factor. That scheme required presence in Spain before 1 January 2026 and closed to applications on 30 June. Nobody who crossed at Ceuta this week was eligible. Not one. Spain’s foreign ministry has said so plainly, and the arithmetic is not in dispute. The letter also...