Spain sends African migrants home "The European Union's external borders agency, Frontex, suspended maritime patrols around the Spanish islands early last month, when its 2006 mission ended. The patrols are expected to restart within weeks, after the agency receives equipment including planes, helicopters and boats." "Barbarian" invasion, or the West's attempt to halt it. We do not use the adjective "barbarian" to imply any inferiority, and we do not wish to conjure up a polemic image of migration in general, which has been a constant in human history and has many facets. We intend to use the term to describe the mass-movement of predominantly young people from poorer regions to wealthier nations with a more complex economy but lower fertility rates. See also: [US] Senate extends immigration debate