The European Commission provided a new €115 million payment to Spain for migration management.

Omissions

• The exact figure is €114.7 million, which the MEP rounded to €115 million; the difference is negligible (0.26%).
• The second part of the MEP's claim — that 'just a few days earlier, the Commission was still awaiting answers from Madrid on the use of this aid' — could not be verified with independent sources within the search budget; no source confirming or refuting that prior oversight dispute was found.
• The funding is a one-off emergency assistance measure under the EU's emergency aid fund in response to the Ceuta migration crisis (around 70,000 migrant arrivals on 30-31 July 2026), not a recurrent or routine payment.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Press Release IP/26/1799Today, the Commission has decided to provide Spain with €114.7 million in emergency assistance to help manage the situation in Ceuta, following...
• SecondaryEuronewsThe European Commission has granted the Spanish government 114.7 million euros from its emergency aid fund to deal with the migration crisis that Ceuta has been facing since the end of July
• SecondaryBrussels TimesThe European Commission has granted Spain €114.7 million in emergency aid to help it manage the migrant situation in Ceuta, after some 70,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave on 30-31 July. The funding decision, announced on Wednesday, comes in response to a request submitted by Spain on 24...