Spain's spy agency warned of plans to storm Ceuta before mass migrant crossing, documents show
The 40 documents show warnings about social media calls for a mass crossing, and local officials say more than 10,000 migrants remain in Ceuta.
- On Wednesday, the Spanish government released 40 intelligence reports revealing that authorities warned of plans to storm Ceuta a day before more than 70,000 migrants crossed into Spain's North African enclave.
- In a July 29 note, the National Intelligence Centre warned Moroccan intelligence agencies and Spanish officials of social media plans to exploit Morocco's Throne Day celebrations for a border breach.
- The CNI cited social media groups with 180,000 followers to illustrate scale, while the Interior Ministry reported passivity among Moroccan border police who failed to control crowds despite 1,000 extra officers deployed.
- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters on Wednesday, "I was not aware of any information of any kind pointing to the magnitude of the avalanche," regarding the July surge.
- Six weeks later, more than 10,000 migrants remain in Ceuta living in makeshift camps, while NGOs estimate 140 people died during the crossing, fueling ongoing protests from residents.
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The head of government released confidential reports to attempt to show that the entry of more than 70,000 migrants into the northern enclave of Morocco at the end of July was unpredictable, which is partly denied by the documents.
Despite warnings, the scale of the crowd could not have been predicted, the government defends itself.
The Spanish intelligence service warned the day before July 30 that social media was calling for people to invade the territory of Ceuta, according to documents released by the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday.
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Sánchez releases classified documents on Ceuta crisisSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government on Wednesday declassified documents showing that Morocco had knowledge of plans for a mass migrant crossing into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta days before it occurred. The disclosure may be an attempt to deflect some of the backlash Sánchez has faced over the surge of 70,000 people into the tiny North African territory, including mass protests, …
Below we detail what other documentation the Government has published includes data on the foreseeable arrival of migrants in Ceuta sorted by date and time:28 July - [not specified time]: CENIF reported internally that in Facebook groups it began to see “a slight increase in publications related to the offer and sale of neoprene suits and swimming fins”. 29 July - [not specified time]: CENIF made an internal update in which it is mentioned that …
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