Spain's PM Sanchez says no evidence Morocco orchestrated Ceuta border surge
Sánchez said police reports showed Moroccan security failings, but Spain still has no solid evidence that Rabat planned the deadly border surge.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers that Spain has no evidence Morocco orchestrated the deadly July border surge into the enclave of Ceuta.
- The July surge brought 60,000 migrants into Ceuta and left more than 80 dead, with Morocco's Gendarmerie allowing crossings during a key 10-hour period on July 30.
- A police report seen by Reuters alleged the entry was a 'planned and phased operation' where Moroccan forces directed crowds at the Tarajal breakwater, though Moroccan officials have denied enabling the crossing.
- Spanish authorities have yet to determine whether the lack of containment resulted from Moroccan inaction or inability to manage the influx, Sanchez added.
- No international body, including the European Commission, has provided Spain with solid evidence that Morocco planned the incident, while Sanchez alleged Israel and Russia spread disinformation regarding the crisis.
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Sanchez rejects Morocco role claims as Ceuta migrant crisis pressure grows
Pedro Sanchez has rejected claims that Morocco orchestrated the deadly mass crossing into Ceuta. The crisis has intensified political pressure on his government amid protests, deaths and questions over border control.
Pedro Sanchez again assured on September 3, 2026 that he had no "strong proof" of Morocco's possible involvement in the migration crisis in Ceuta, while strongly condemning statements by Moroccan ministers claiming sovereignty over this territory. The possible role of Rabat in the sudden entry of tens of thousands of migrants into the enclave on July 30 and 31 has been at the heart of the debates in Spain for a month. Interviews further strength…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told an emergency session of the Spanish parliament that the Spanish government had no solid evidence that Morocco was planning or carrying out a mass influx of migrants into Ceuta, despite a police report suggesting otherwise. He also rejected suggestions that Moroccan security forces were directing groups of migrants towards the border.
The incursions by sea started on the first day of the summer, with a turning point in the middle of the month that was triggered in the hours before the...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he has no ‘hard evidence’ that Morocco was behind the crossing of tens of thousands of migrants at Ceuta. Sánchez is speaking in the Spanish Congress about the influx of more than 70,000 people into the exclave in late July. Most returned within a few hours, but thousands of others did not. Thousands of people took to the streets across Spain yesterday in protest against the situation in the exclave.
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