Spanish Police Find No Evidence Morocco Orchestrated 80,000-Migrant Ceuta Crossing
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Updated · Euronews · Sep 3
Spanish Police Find No Evidence Morocco Orchestrated 80,000-Migrant Ceuta Crossing
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Sep 3
Summary
Spain’s police chief told Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska there is no evidence whatsoever that Moroccan authorities orchestrated the Ceuta border crisis, undercutting claims in leaked documents.
Those leaks had suggested Rabat planned and steered the crossing, citing a July 29 police note warning of an “extreme risk” of a coordinated arrival and photos said to show Moroccan security officers.
Pedro Sánchez is due in parliament later Thursday to repeat that Morocco has not been incriminated, even as protests spread across Spanish cities and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused the government of knowing and covering it up.
The dispute has become one of Sánchez’s gravest political tests before the 2027 election, with pressure centering on what Madrid knew before more than 80,000 migrants entered the Spanish enclave.