If you were asked where Mallorca ends and Menorca begins, you probably wouldn't hesitate much. There is an evident physical separation, with a lot of water in between, a clear geographical border and a certain feeling that one thing is on one side and another on the other. The same would happen if the question were a little smaller and you were asked where Baix Camp ends and Baix Ebre begins. Perhaps the exact limit wouldn't be so present (those from Baix Camp and Baix Ebre certainly would, of course), but somehow we have assumed that territories can be divided: there is a point from which we leave a space behind and enter another.

Frontex spokesperson Chris Borowski confirmed on the programme On the Day IB3 Radio reported that Spain has not requested the deployment of agents to the Balearic Islands, despite the increase in the arrival of migrants to the archipelago's shores. According to Borowski, "Frontex can only act when a Member State requests it, and so far we have not received any request from Spain."