Spain says there is no evidence Morocco orchestrated migrant surge into Ceuta
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- Spain has not received concrete evidence that Moroccan authorities planned or enabled the arrival of more than 70,000 migrants in Ceuta on July 30 and 31, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
- Police, Spain’s foreign service, the European Commission and other international bodies have not provided proof of Moroccan involvement.
- Most migrants were returned to Morocco, but more than 10,000 remained in temporary camps, on streets or on beaches nearly five weeks later, according to Ceuta authorities.
Spain has no concrete proof that Morocco was behind the mass arrival of migrants into Ceuta in July, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told parliament on Thursday.
Sanchez said neither Spanish police nor the country’s foreign service had produced evidence that Morocco planned or facilitated the influx. The European Commission and other international institutions had also provided no proof of Moroccan involvement.
More than 70,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave without permission on July 30 and 31. Most were subsequently returned to Morocco.
Nearly five weeks later, however, more than 10,000 migrants remained in temporary camps or on streets and beaches in Ceuta, according to the enclave’s authorities. Ceuta lies in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast and shares a border with Morocco.
Spain has not received concrete evidence that the Moroccan authorities were involved.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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