The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, reiterated this Monday that no report confirms who is the “intellectual author” of the Ceuta crisis due to the entry of more than 72,000 people at the end of July. “I reiterate my confidence in Morocco, in the cooperation and coordination with them, which is excellent in all areas,” Marlaska said in response to questions from the press during the assessment at the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) on road accident rates during the summer.
The politician referred to the reports sent to the National Court from both the National Intelligence and Borders Center (CENIF) of the National Police, which points to the participation of Moroccan gendarmes, and the Civil Guard, which indicates that the warnings received before July 30 could not predict the extent of the crisis with the avalanche of thousands of people.
“To date, there is no element supported by minimally logical, reasonable, and objective facts of any intervention by either Morocco or any other State, nor by any specific agent or person as the intellectual author of the Ceuta crisis,” Marlaska stated, in line with what the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, said in the Congress.
Marlaska has asked to respect the judicial investigation and the police analysis that must be carried out considering “all the images and data” in a contextualized manner, since “there are elements that have different interpretations.”
He also defended the Civil Guard general in charge of the Intelligence Service, Luis Peláez, when asked if it is true that this commander ordered that any reference to Morocco be removed from the report sent to the National Court judge María Tardón. “It seems like a hoax, a falsehood; it is not knowing the DAO, it is not knowing General Peláez, it is not knowing the Civil Guard,” Marlaska said.
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Censure of Feijóo for not helping
The Minister of the Interior has also criticized the strategy of the PP president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. “This country needs serious politicians,” Marlaska said. “Those who are not here to help, better stay at home,” he added when asked about Feijóo’s words pointing out that the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, “has frustrated a plan” that included some “concession” from Pedro Sánchez’s Government to Morocco.
Marlaska reiterated that 90% of the people who entered Ceuta “returned within 24 hours” to maintain that it is a “very clear and evident” element of Morocco’s cooperation. He also indicated that currently, Morocco continues accepting “all” migrants who voluntarily approach the border to return to their country, recalling that more than 4,200 people have been returned since August 10.
For the rest of the migrants who remain in Ceuta, he added, the Government will apply the legislation “in its textuality.” “Anyone who does not have the right to international protection will be returned as soon as possible,” he added.
