The demonstrations in support of Ceuta called by the Federation of Municipalities and Provinces – chaired by the PP – were held this Wednesday in the main Spanish capitals as well as in Ceuta, where thousands of people marched on the way to the border with Morocco in protest of the situation. These protests, initially called in support of the autonomous city and held in more than 700 locations across Spain, became a cry against the central Government’s management of this migratory crisis that has lasted more than a month, where PP and Vox have been the protagonists.

The police report analyzes in detail the phase prior to the assault on the Ceuta border on July 31, the operational strategy at the time, and its subsequent consequences. In 55 pages, the officials of the National Immigration and Borders Center outline the prior planning to mobilize a massive flow; the existence of a strategic and operational direction and two objectives. The first, to collapse the border management system; and the second, to eliminate Spain’s response capacity.

First came the youngest, males between 15 and 25 years old, of Moroccan nationality, wearing wetsuits. Next, people up to 40 years old, family groups, and small children, mostly in sportswear and flip-flops. And lastly, the sub-Saharan Africans. The thousands of migrants who irregularly crossed the Ceuta border at the end of July did not do so spontaneously and disorderly, but following a “plan” that the National Police attribute to Morocco and describe as a tactic, in the report sent to the judge of the National Court María Tardón and which La Vanguardia has accessed.

The report that the National Police has delivered to the National Court on the Ceuta crisis concludes that the migratory purpose was only “the formal cover” to promote, encourage, and direct a flood of people to the Ceuta border.