Pedro Sánchez called Europe's response "selfish" and "unlawful" after Italy suspended Schengen Area free-travel arrangements with Spain over the crisis.

Hundreds of migrants from Morocco have swum into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta over the last week.

Tens of thousands of migrants surged into Spain's Ceuta from Morocco, prompting a military deployment and a new State Department travel advisory.

The pro-immigration leader is facing backlash at home and abroad after roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denounced the “selfish” response of several EU member states to an influx of migrants crossing into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco this week, as the number of people who died rose to 67.

The death toll in Spain’s Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67, the Spanish government said Saturday. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.

Political talk show host and comedian Bill Maher compared Spain to California after the mass migration incident in Ceuta. On Thursday, thousands of migrants from Morocco breached the border and entered Spain's enclave of Ceuta.