Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that Spain and the European Union were targeted in an attack in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave located in north Africa, on July 30. The declaration comes in the context of a migration crisis that involved the massive entry of people through the land border between Morocco and Ceuta.
Sánchez explicitly cleared Morocco of responsibility for the events, contradicting part of the narrative that was circulating at the time. The prime minister guaranteed that the origin and exact causes of what occurred that day continue to be investigated.
The situation in Ceuta generated great diplomatic tension between Spain and Morocco, with thousands of people attempting to cross the border in just a few days. Spanish authorities had to intervene to control the migratory flow in the enclave.
