Spain's PM Sanchez says no evidence Morocco orchestrated Ceuta border surge
Sánchez said 60,000 migrants crossed Ceuta and more than 80 died, while Spain’s police report cited Moroccan security lapses but no direct order evidence.
- On Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told Parliament that his government received no warnings predicting the influx of over 70,000 migrants into Ceuta, stating, "It's absurd to think that the government knew and did nothing."
- Following a court ruling misinterpreted by migrants as permission to remain, Spanish officials were warned of potential sea arrivals into Ceuta; some 5,000 migrants remain on the streets and beaches there.
- Diplomatic tensions escalated after Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani accused Madrid of policies that "encourages human trafficking," while the Opposition People's Party called for Sanchez's resignation over the crisis.
- Sanchez vowed to publish all available reports, stating the government has "nothing to hide," and plans to request assistance from Brussels, including permanent Frontex operations and a special Europol task force.
- Regarding Morocco, the prime minister maintained there is no evidence of involvement, citing "close co-ordination" between the two countries, though he complained of "unacceptable" statements from Moroccan ministers about Ceuta and Melilla.
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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.
Pedro Sánchez is accused of covering up Morocco's involvement in the migrant incident in Ceuta, but he has a good reason for it, according to an expert.
Madrid, 3 Sep (EFE).- The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, defended on Thursday the "prudence" of the executive against those who implicate Morocco in the migratory crisis in Ceuta triggered at the end of July and said that he does not have "the slightest intention to trigger a diplomatic conflict of first order" with the neighboring country. [...] The entry Sánchez promises contundity if "indicias" emerge from Rabat's link wi…
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