Why Spain closed its Ceuta City border with Africa?

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The Spanish border near Ceuta City in North Africa has closed for one week to keep migrants away. Spain has blamed the European Union for the arrival of a huge number of migrants. The officials in migrant center Ceuta, North Africa has indicated that Ceuta city has been over-flooded due to the arrival of a large number of migrants. They also claimed that there is a problem in the EU immigration and closing border wasn’t due to the Spanish side. The Ceuta city has been considered an attractive place for migrants because they need to reach Spain as it is the only land border of European Union with Africa. At least 200 migrants from Guinea have reached in the Spanish city of Ceuta on early Monday morning.

The migrants are currently staying in a temporary center for immigrants. A spokesman from the immigration center informed that it is not Spanish problem, so we are unable to solve it. The problem is linked to the European Union due to independent cities have been considered the best way to enter the continent. Most often, people are able to travel other countries such as Germany and France by using independent cities. He also indicated that the European Union is not paying attention to Ceuta city due to it is located outside the Schengen area as it has destroyed border control between the EU nations. It is important that the Spanish police arrested 19 North African migrants during the current week. They were hiding after a funfair in Ceuta. Now, Ceuta has decided to shut down its border crossing.