The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has denied having knowledge of “any report that could foresee the magnitude” of the migration crisis at the end of July in Ceuta, thus rejecting the thesis of the declassified CNI information that warned of a call for an “assault” on Ceuta.

The PP considers that the documents declassified by the Government are of enormous seriousness and, therefore, they have called for the calling of elections and have warned that the Government “committed a manifest and willful dereliction of duties.” Ester Muñoz, spokesperson for the Popular Party, has argued that, based on all the documentation, it can be concluded that “the Government knew everything that was happening” when more than 70,000 immigrants entered Ceuta on July 30 and 31, revealing a “state lie” and making Pedro Sánchez “directly responsible.”

The National Intelligence Center (CNI) warned hours before the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta of a “call” to cross the Tarajal border breakwater by swimming or on foot. The secret services sent this warning via WhatsApp to the Government Delegation in the autonomous city and to the Civil Guard. They did so around 2:00 p.m. the previous day. That same afternoon, the CNI also sent an “urgent note” to Morocco to warn of the existence of a plan to enter on the 30th promoted on social networks. However, the documentation declassified this Wednesday by the Government does not reflect that the magnitude of what was going to happen was assessed: an assault on the fence, through which more than 80,000 people entered in just 48 hours. Nor does it appear that these alerts were raised to higher authorities to act, even if with little margin.

The political dust stirred up by the dossier prepared by the Communication Office of the Ministry of the Interior is dealing a significant blow to the Executive in terms of institutional credit. The scope of the maneuver – a catalog in which dozens of journalists and political analysts are rated and identified by their ideological orientation – has proven to be of such a caliber that it has completely disabled any attempt at justification. Faced with the impossibility of presenting a reasonable argument to support the existence of such an inventory, within the coalition and in the affected department itself, nothing has been heard but apologies and an explicit admission that an indefensible mistake has been made.

The European Commission has agreed this Wednesday to unlock more than 114 million euros in aid to Spain for the Ceuta crisis and also to guarantee Frontex’s readiness to strengthen its operational support, as requested by the Government of Pedro Sánchez. The endorsement from Brussels comes after weeks of contacts between Madrid and the technicians of the community capital to determine the needs following the massive crossing of migrants at the end of July.