Marlaska demands explanations from the Director of the Police about a report that would attribute the entry of migrants to Ceuta to Moroccan forces

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has requested that the Director General of the Police, Francisco Pardo, confirm to him "as soon as possible" if a report is true which would attribute the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta on July 30 and 31 to the Moroccan security forces. As the Interior Ministry has reported, Marlaska has sent a letter to Pardo in which he requests to "be informed about the veracity" of the report that the National Center for Immigration and Borders (CENIF) would have sent to the National High Court in this regard, as reported by the media El Español.If the report were true, the Minister of the Interior asks Pardo to clarify "since when the National Police had this investigation", as he considers it "essential" for the government to "adopt the appropriate decisions in relation to the migratory crisis in Ceuta in the exercise of the constitutional functions of directing domestic and foreign policy and State defense", they have specified from his department.

Likewise, Marlaska has reminded the Director General of the Police by letter that, once the situation of national security interest has been declared by the Spanish government on August 25, "information like this should have been immediately made available to the members of the National Security Council", to the "single command" led by the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, and also to other bodies with competence in this area.

Despite Marlaska's pressure on the corps, the Spanish government calls for waiting to receive the report before drawing conclusions. Torres himself, in an interview this morning on RNE, asked to wait to "have the document on the table to speak about it with rigor". For the Minister of Territorial Policy, the action of the Minister of the Interior has been "adequate" following the information published in El Español, and now it is essential "to know if the Police had this report and since when". In the event that the executive corroborates that this document existed in the terms published, Torres has acknowledged that there would be "a responsibility" on the part of Morocco regarding the humanitarian crisis in Ceuta. A responsibility that, he has assured, the Spanish government "has never disdained".

Beyond possible police information, Torres has assured that he understands the "logical anxiety situation" that the population of Ceuta is suffering in the midst of the crisis, although he has insisted that "what is not understood is the violence and the slogans with insults" that have flared up in recent days. In the short term, Torres expects the inhabitants of the autonomous city to "finish the day demonstrating that they are an exemplary people", with the demonstrations called for by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces.

Some demonstrations that, as Torres recalled, were unilaterally convened by the entity's presidency, held by the Popular Party, amid criticism from the majority of political formations that are part of it. In this regard, he pointed out both the popular party and Vox, who, in his opinion, have been "exposed" by these mobilizations. "They did not help when they had to do so in the Congress of Deputies. They voted against distributing unaccompanied minors to other territories," the minister stated.

In addition, he claimed the economic aid of more than 300 million euros announced by the Spanish government to manage the crisis, which "enter into force at the moment the decree is published in the BOE". In this regard, Torres pointed out the parliamentary groups, which he hopes will "vote in favor" of validating it in the legislative chamber.