Overview
- A massive uncontrolled entry of migrants into Ceuta on July 30 overwhelmed the city and exposed gaps in planning and response to large irregular crossings.
- Defence Minister Margarita Robles told Congress that CNI agents held meetings in Ceuta on July 27 and July 29 and warned the Delegation about a planned mobilization for July 30.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska and the Delegación del Gobierno in Ceuta say they did not receive any report that forecast the scale of the July 30 entry and describe only routine daily updates on rising sea arrivals.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has named Ángel Víctor Torres as a single coordinator for the Ceuta crisis, the cabinet declared the situation a matter of national security, and a draft to tighten immigration and asylum rules was announced.
- Press reporting and Guardia Civil testimony said thousands waited in Morocco before the crossing, the CNI’s classified channels complicate who was told what, and the dispute deepens political and diplomatic fallout for the government.