Sumar accuses PSOE of emboldening PP and Vox through its handling of Ceuta

Spain’s coalition partners and parliamentary allies have sharply increased their demands on the government over the continuing migration crisis in Ceuta. They called for immediate action, including transferring people crowded into the enclave to mainland Spain and reviewing policy toward Rabat.

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running the hate and violence election campaign

Enrique Santiago, the parliamentary spokesman for Izquierda Unida and a deputy in the plurinational group, urged the PSOE to stop “running the hate and violence election campaign” of the People’s Party and Vox. He said the socialist wing of the government must recognize that moving migrants to the mainland is the only viable response to the humanitarian emergency. Santiago estimated that around 10,000 reception places were available there.

Speaking for Sumar’s ministers, Santiago criticized the PSOE for maintaining what he called “impossible positions” on whether Morocco would accept immediate returns. At the same time, he acknowledged a significant change in the socialist party’s account of the mass entry on July 30 and 31. He said the PSOE had become more willing to “accept reality” and recognize possible foreign government involvement, including Morocco’s “responsibility through action or omission.”

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accept reality

Santiago went further, describing the events in Ceuta as an “attack organized by Morocco with active cooperation from U.S. and Israeli countries and agencies.” He presented that claim as part of his analysis of the crisis’s causes. His criticism of the government focused less on that diagnosis than on what he saw as its failure to adopt the mainland transfer as the only “sensible, realistic and possible” short- and medium-term answer.

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attack organized by Morocco with active cooperation from U.S. and Israeli countries and agencies

He pressed the government to act because “we are already losing too much time,” adding that transferring migrants “does not happen overnight.” He also accused the PP of “sabotaging” the reception of minors and migrants in Ceuta and criticized the city’s president, Juan Jesús Vivas, for opposing new reception centers. “Opposing the opening of reception centers fuels chaos,” Santiago said. The article then reported that Podemos co-spokesman Pablo Fernández had taken an even more confrontational line, questioning the government’s decision to take control of the port area.

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Opposing the opening of reception centers fuels chaos.