BRUSSELS, Aug 3 (Reuters) – More must be done to strengthen the European Union’s borders at critical points, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in a letter seen by Reuters.
In the letter, dated August 3rd, she also reiterated the EU’s support to help Spain tackle illegal immigration while noting that more needed to be done.
The letter came after last week’s huge rush of migrants who surged over the Moroccan border to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in north Africa. At least 67 people died as a result.
“In co-operation with Spain, especially on anything related to Ceuta and Melilla, we could enhance border management early-warning systems and improve our technical and financial support to Morocco,” wrote von der Leyen in the letter.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro and Amina Ismail; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Charlotte Van Campenhout)
