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Spain Launches Criminal Investigation Into Ceuta Migrant Influx
- On Monday, the Audiencia Nacional opened an investigation into July's deadly migrant surge in Ceuta, alleging facilitation by Moroccan security forces and citing "criminal conduct that was allegedly committed abroad and has seriously attacked Spain's territorial integrity."
- More than 70,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco on July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented rush that left scores dead by drowning while attempting to swim around a breakwater.
- Investigating judge Maria Tardon wrote the surge "constitutes one of the characteristic methods of 'hybrid warfare' or the 'grey zone'," citing a Spanish police report highlighting "total permissiveness" by Moroccan security forces who offered "active guidance" on crossing.
- Despite the investigation, Spanish authorities insist there is no "solid proof" Morocco planned the surge, while Moroccan media criticized the police report as "botched" and lacking material evidence.
- Rabat has claimed sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla since 1956, complicating efforts to resolve the migration crisis as thousands of migrants remain in dire living conditions, heightening tensions.
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Ceuta Crisis: Spanish Justice Opens Investigation Into Massive Influx of Migrants at the End of July
"There has been evidence of an undeniable management that favours the process," said Judge Maria Tardon, who brought more than 70,000 migrants to Ceuta "from the territory of the Kingdom of Morocco.
·Paris, France
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Spanish Judge Opens Probe Into Migrant Influx in Ceuta
A Spanish judge launched a formal investigation into the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta, Spain’s exclave in North Africa, saying the incident may have involved a crime against the country’s territorial integrity.
·New York, United States
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Spanish justice suspects a hybrid war operation after the mass influx of migrants into the Ceuta enclave, pointing to involvement of Moroccan security forces Justice
·France
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