Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers Spain has found no evidence that Moroccan authorities orchestrated July's mass border crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, contradicting a police assessment that the event was planned rather than spontaneous.
Spain has found no evidence that Morocco orchestrated or carried out July's deadly border crossing into its enclave of Ceuta, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers on Thursday. He was addressing the lower house of parliament.
Sanchez's statement came days after a police report concluded that the mass entry into Ceuta was not a spontaneous migration event but a planned and phased operation designed to overwhelm border controls. The report did not specify who directed the operation.
Migrant crossings at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have become a flashpoint in Spanish domestic politics and a source of tension with Morocco, which controls access to the border.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said there was no evidence Morocco orchestrated the July migrant surge into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, contradicting a police report suggesting the influx was a coordinated operation.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his government has received no conclusive evidence that Morocco planned or organized a mass migrant crossing into the Spanish city of Ceuta in late July, despite a police report suggesting the movement was coordinated.
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