Morocco is weaponizing migration
Media mentions – Foreign policy responses to the refugee crisis
Morocco has seen the EU’s reaction, with which it had not counted on, and had to close the border to not risk worsening relations, not with Spain but, with Brussels
José Ignacio Torreblanca comments on the EU’s backing in the Spanish-Moroccan crisis
Morocco believes that they help Spain on issues that are existential for them and now that Morocco has an existential issue [Western Sahara], Spain is not helping at all
José Ignacio Torreblanca is quoted in an article tackling the Moroccan-Spanish migration crisis in Ceuta
The European focus increasingly narrowed in on the security and migration challenges with decreasing self-belief in any ability to push the region’s political order in a more positive direction
Julien Barnes-Dacey believes the Arab Spring presented an opportunity to reshape developments on the ground, but Europe failed to deliver
Josef Janning is quoted in the Knack regarding the current EU-Turkey relations and their future.
Tarek Megirisi is quoted by Le Journal International regarding the Libyan migration crisis.