Overview
- A judicial inquiry opened after the July 30–31 mass entry of migrants that overwhelmed Ceuta is gathering evidence to determine responsibility for the arrival of roughly tens of thousands and the high human toll reported during the crisis.
- Juan Jesús Vivas told the judge he and his team made up to ten urgent calls to Moncloa between July 27 and July 30 to warn of the growing crossings and said those attempts are logged and provable.
- The Presidency of the Government published its own call records showing nine exchanges with Ceuta between July 27 and 30 and insisted those calls were answered promptly while saying it has no record of the missed-call sequence Vivas described.
- Gonzalo Sanz, the former chief of staff to the government delegate in Ceuta, gave the judge his phone data, which sources say includes a CNI message and call on July 29 that alerted to a large imminent entry.
- Regional politics and potential legal fallout are intensifying as Andalucía pledges material support for Ceuta but refuses to take minors from the city and legal analysts note that proven unheeded warnings could trigger probes for omission of duty under the Penal Code.