Sweden prepared to act over Spain migration surge

Sweden’s government is ready to take measures to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told SVT, as 49,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in the past 24 hours.

Kristersson said it was vital for Spain to “regain control of the situation” and warned the Spanish government against repeating what he called the mistakes made by Sweden’s Social Democrats in 2015, “where a no is not a no.”

Migration Minister Johan Forssell stated Sweden would not accept any redistribution of migrants from Spain. Opposition parties criticised the government’s stance, with the Green Party calling it cynical and lacking empathy for those risking their lives at sea.

The Social Democrats urged Spain to act decisively to maintain order at the EU’s external border and prevent tragedies. Party spokesperson Ida Karkiainen stressed Sweden’s migration policy would remain strict but fair.

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson described the surge as “nothing less than an invasion” and demanded Spain close its border or face exclusion from the Schengen Area, arguing the free movement agreement was now “effectively broken.”