The hijra into the EU has significantly receded due to the coronavirus. Even the border between Turkey and Greece is relatively quiet compared to what it was, according to some reports. However, migrants at the Greco-Turkish border still have not fully abandoned their attempts to force their way illegally into Europe, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has armed them so as to enable them to “punch through“ Greece’s protective fences.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, about 50 migrants “on Monday forced their way into Spain’s Melilla city over the fence that separates the European enclave in Northern Africa.”

Authorities managed to block some of them from entering, but those who made their way in were not reported to have been sent back. In March 2019, hundreds of Moroccan migrants managed to break their way through a 20-foot barbed-wire fence into Spain, amid loud cheers of victory. However, about a third of them was sent back.

The EU’s laxity on immigration has not been resolved. It’s merely on the back burner as the coronavirus occupies center stage.

“50 Migrants Force Way Over Morocco-Spain Border, Five Injured,” Breitbart London, April 6, 2020: