CIVIC LANE Spain is adjusting immigration and asylum rules as it implements the EU migration framework and responds to pressure surrounding Ceuta. Governments must simultaneously manage borders, process asylum claims, protect vulnerable people and maintain public confidence in the system. Emphasising only one of those objectives can undermine another. The subject is politically sensitive because reasonable voters disagree not only about desired migration levels but also about the order of government obligations. Ranking those obligations makes the competing priorities explicit without assuming that one side is morally correct.