Spanish police criticized Morocco's actions during the migration crisis in Ceuta at the end of July, according to a report revealed by the digital outlet El Español and accessed by AFP. The document points to the "permissiveness" of Moroccan police and highlights that the presence of the neighboring country's security forces was "significantly lower than usual" during the mass entry of immigrants into Spanish territory.
The report places the Spanish government in a delicate situation, given that Spanish authorities have always cleared Morocco of responsibility for the entry of tens of thousands of immigrants in Ceuta on July 30 and 31. The crisis generated great diplomatic tension between the two countries.
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior responded to the criticism by publishing responses from police authorities, in which it states that "no report was issued attributing authorship of the action to any government, service or person, given its intellectual authorship" — the sentence appears incomplete in the article, suggesting there was more content about the attribution of responsibilities.
The crisis in Ceuta involved the entry of thousands of migrants in just a few days, overwhelming the Spanish territory. The article also mentions that Spain asked the European Union for help in screening approximately 5,000 migrants, after protests consumed part of the territory.
