[AP Photo/Bernat Armangue]The refugee tragedy in Ceuta has starkly illustrated how the European Union (EU) is putting the far right’s inhumane migration policy into practice and systematically intensifying it. As the route from Ceuta to the Spanish mainland is strictly controlled, the vast majority of refugees returned to Morocco within a day. The neo-fascist and the Social Democrat have long been working together to tighten European migration policy. Sánchez responded to the open letter from the European heads of government with an angry reply to von der Leyen. EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner, responsible for Home Affairs and Migration, praised the Spanish government and thanked it for having “restored order.”