Some 2,004 people arrived in Cyprus by sea in the first three months of this year, compared to just 78 in the same period of 2023, according to official data.
"Spain insists on the opening of the land crossings as an indispensable measure to avoid a famine situation," it said, however.
"The EU’s cash-for-migration-control approach strengthens authoritarian rulers while betraying human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists whose work involves great personal risk.”
"The European Union firmly condemns the announcement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that over 800 hectares of land in the occupied Palestinian territory."
The EU announced a $8.1 billion deal with Egypt to enhance partnership and address migrant flows, but some critics argue it prioritizes countering migration over human rights
A diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post that Budapest now considers it wiser to allow the issue of settler sanctions to go forward in exchange for movement on other issues.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell states that EU foreign ministers agree to impose sanctions on individuals and organizations responsible for the death of Alexi Navalny.
For the EU to follow suit it would need consensus from all 27 of its member states.
The EU has not spelled out what the sanctions would entail but officials have said they would include bans on travel to the EU.
“There is no restriction on the amount of food and water that is allowed to be delivered into the Gaza Strip,” government spokeswoman Tal Heinrich told reporters in Israel.