Spain's PM Sanchez says no evidence Morocco orchestrated Ceuta border surge
Sánchez said 141 migrants died and 5,000 remain in Ceuta as Spain releases reports on the crossing and faces pressure over Morocco ties.
- On Thursday, September 3, 2026, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told Parliament there was no 'solid proof' that Morocco orchestrated the late-July Ceuta migrant surge, announcing a €309 million emergency package and requesting EU border agency Frontex and Europol support.
- Approximately 72,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 30-31, 2026, in an unprecedented surge; a leaked police report alleged Moroccan security forces practiced 'total permissiveness' by guiding migrants toward the border during a peak 10-hour period.
- Spain summoned Morocco's ambassador to Madrid on August 21, 2026, after two Moroccan ministers made 'unacceptable' comments claiming sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla, marking a formal diplomatic protest.
- Tens of thousands of people protested across Spain on Wednesday demanding accountability for the government's handling of the crisis; Sánchez vowed to publish an official dossier ensuring 'absolute transparency' of all documents.
- Government officials urged King Felipe VI to visit Ceuta and Melilla in the coming weeks as a show of support, though the proposal risks inflaming tensions with Rabat; roughly 5,000 migrants remain in the enclave.
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The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, insisted this Thursday that there is no "solid evidence" that Morocco instigated the recent mass influx of migrants into Ceuta, but reaffirmed the Spanish sovereignty of this enclave.
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Spanish prime minister promises to release all files on Ceuta invasion
The prime minister of Spain is promising to release all files related to the invasion of Ceuta by illegal immigrants, as thousands rally across the country in protest of how the situation has been handled. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addressed the situation on Thursday in the Spanish parliament’s lower house, the Congress of Deputies. Reacting […]
In front of the deputies this Thursday, the Prime Minister again denied the responsibility of the Alawite kingdom in the entrance, at the end of July, of 72,000 migrants in the Spanish enclave of North Africa. This is contradicted by a police report, waved to the right as well as to the left.
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