The past half-day brought a hard reminder that economic borders, maritime chokepoints and public-health walls all fail noisily when politics leans on them. The big stories were not scattered. They shared a theme: governments tried to look firm while managing systems that do not respond well to shouting.

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Demography and migration

Spain adds a central command structure for Ceuta and details of its draft reforms emerge; the Dublin-Italy standoff and NGO dispute are unchanged.

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