“The invasion of tens of thousands of migrants into Ceuta is a direct consequence of the shameful refusal of the Spanish Government to defend its sovereignty, secure its borders, and protect its population,” stated a message yesterday from the X account of the United States Department of State, regarding the massive and irregular entry of immigrants into the Spanish autonomous city on July 30.
The Government of Giorgia Meloni has rejected this afternoon Pedro Sánchez’s demand to remove border controls with Spain that Italy reintroduced on August 1 due to the massive and irregular entry of immigrants in Ceuta on July 30. In a note from the Chigi Palace, the Italian Executive assures that Italy “does not accept ultimatums or impositions from abroad” on matters of national security.
The Navy has reinforced its deployment in Ceuta with the arrival of the frigates Santa María and Navarra, which are already operating in the southern bay of the city as part of the extraordinary device activated by the Ministry of Defense to address the migration crisis triggered after the massive entry recorded last week. Likewise, the security forces will strengthen their presence in the autonomous city with the deployment in the coming hours of new agents from the Police Intervention Unit (UIP), the riot police, made up of 45 officers, according to the Ministry of the Interior reported this Friday.
The Attorney General of the State, Teresa Peramato, has instructed the delegated prosecutors of the autonomous communities to intervene if a region refuses to take in unaccompanied migrant minors from Ceuta who are referred to their protection system.
The Government threatened Italy this Friday with “proportional measures” if it maintains border controls with Spain that it reintroduced on August 1 due to the massive and irregular entry of immigrants in Ceuta on July 30, according to a statement from the Executive, which describes that measure, “unprecedented in recent history,” as “unfair.”
The Secretary General of the PSOE of Madrid and Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, Óscar López, announced this Friday that the PSOE-M will file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office for economic crimes against the board of directors of the regional public company Planifica Madrid for the purchase of the penthouse in Chamberí.
The Government has accepted the requests for appearances of four ministers in Congress for the end of August – between August 25 and 28 – and, shortly after, the PP has responded by summoning three of those Government members to give explanations about the crisis triggered in Ceuta starting August 12. Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s party has also been requesting since July 31 that Pedro Sánchez appear to answer deputies’ questions about the entry of more than 70,000 immigrants from Morocco into Ceuta.
One week after the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta, the authorities and NGOs are working to identify the minors who remain in the autonomous city, many of them on the street and without shelter, at the mercy of the help they receive from organizations, administrations, and neighbors, who have also organized to collaborate.
The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, and the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, will appear at their own request and in an extraordinary session at the end of this month before the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security committees of the Congress respectively, to report on the management within the scope of their competencies regarding the massive entry of immigrants in Ceuta on July 30 and following days, according to sources from the Presidency.
The King and the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, are holding a meeting this afternoon at the Marivent palace, with which, in addition to analyzing the crisis caused by the illegal entry into the autonomous city of more than 70,000 people from Morocco, the head of State wants to express the support of the Crown and solidarity with the people of Ceuta.