A Spanish enclave in North Africa is still reeling after an estimated 70,000 illegal immigrants crossed into Ceuta, Spain, from Morocco over the weekend. ShareA Spanish enclave in North Africa is still reeling after an estimated 70,000 illegal immigrants crossed into Ceuta, Spain, from Morocco over the weekend. But critics point to Spain’s left-wing immigration policies and the increasing willingness of countries to use illegal immigration as a weapon. Twenty-two European leaders wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of an emergency European Union meeting addressing the Spanish immigration crisis. “Europe gifted them this ability,” British journalist William Nattrass, who is based in Prague, wrote about the latest wave of illegal immigration.