Brussels to Send Technical Mission to Ceuta After Marlaska-Brunner Call

European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska hold a call on the 'evolving situation' in Ceuta; Brunner cites 'important progress' on Spain's request for financial and operational support and confirms the Commission will send a technical mission to Ceuta the following week to verify conditions on the ground and convert Spain's general asks — reinforcement of Frontex, Europol and the EU Asylum Agency, plus the €32M FAMI/IGFV funding request — into specific, actionable measures. The mission is set to coincide with Ceuta president Juan Jesús Vivas's own planned visit to Brussels the following Tuesday to present the city's case directly to EU institutions. Spain separately continues pressing for Ceuta and Melilla to gain outermost-region and customs-union status within the EU, a longer-term structural ask distinct from the immediate crisis response.