Spanish Intelligence Warned Government Eight Days Before Ceuta Migrant Surge
- Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said his office received no prior intelligence reports warning of the recent migrant surge into Ceuta, which involved about 72,000 migrants.
- Sources from Spain's National Intelligence Centre reportedly stated they sent several warnings to the Interior Ministry before the mass entry of migrants, but this was denied by the ministry.
- Congressman Miguel Tellado called for the resignation of the Interior and Defense Ministers, describing the situation in Ceuta as a national security crisis.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez planned crisis talks with senior ministers amid disputes regarding intelligence warnings issued before the migrant influx.
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Spanish Intelligence Warned Government Eight Days Before Ceuta Migrant Surge
Pedro Sánchez is reportedly preparing to summon three senior ministers for crisis talks as a damaging row over whether his government ignored advance warnings of the mass breach of Spain’s border at Ceuta deepened on Wednesday. The Spanish prime minister is expected to meet Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Defence Minister Margarita Robles and Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares at La Mareta, the state residence in Lanzarote where he…
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