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Spanish police began moving hundreds of migrants from beaches in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta to temporary facilities at the city's port early on Friday (Sept 18), sparking tense scenes as the migrants vied for limited spots at the new location.

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00:00Forra! Forra! Forra!
00:29Forra! Forra!
01:00We have the decreasing numbers, but images from Theuta, of course, overshadow the actual successes and the actual facts and
01:10figures.
01:11This is, of course, not good. Of course not.
01:15And we all saw the pictures and they, of course, fuel the far right again and sort of the approach
01:23of the far right.
01:23And that's why it is so important to return those people as soon as possible, to show that we have
01:31control, that our systems actually work.
01:33And it was a stress test for the European Union, definitely, and for our systems and for our resilience also.
01:39But it actually works. It worked. Our rules actually work.
01:44This is important to show the people in Europe that we have control and we haven't had more control over
01:52illegal migration ever, probably, than now.
01:56Why isn't a tougher approach reducing support for the far right?
02:01Well, I think we have to communicate better. What do I mean with this?
02:05The numbers are completely different than the perception sometimes.
02:10So what we achieved with our reforms is, I think, quite remarkable.
02:15The numbers of illegal migration are going down.
02:18We had a decrease of 55% in the last two years, another 37% in the first months this
02:26year.
02:27So it's going in the right direction, but we have probably to communicate these good numbers a little bit better.
02:33A point of view ...
02:45You
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