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Feijóo demands Sánchez reveal contacts with Morocco after Ceuta mass crossing

Feijóo demands Sánchez reveal contacts with Morocco after Ceuta mass crossing

PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo filed formal Senate questions demanding the Spanish government explain its diplomatic contacts with Morocco after the mass…

Spain's main opposition leader is pressing the government to account for what it actually did —or did not do— after thousands of people entered Ceuta irregularly at the end of July. For the migrants involved, including unaccompanied minors, the silence from Madrid is not an abstraction: it shapes their immediate fate. --- THE CONTEXT --- The mass crossing took place on July 30 and 31. The PP frames the episode as a deliberate operation originating in Morocco and argues the Spanish government owes parliament a full account of any diplomatic response it mounted in the days that followed. --- THE FACTS --- The PP filed a set of formal questions in the Senate demanding the government disclose what steps it took with Morocco to secure the return of those who entered irregularly, including minors. At a congressional oversight session, Feijóo addressed Sánchez directly: when did he last speak with Moroccan authorities, how many times since July 30, and what answers did he receive? No response came. PP spokesperson Ester Muñoz pressed further, asking specifically whether Sánchez had called King Mohammed VI. Again, no answer. Feijóo described the silence as a «vergüenza» —a disgrace. PP national leadership sources stated their goal is to learn the government's full «diplomatic deployment» and specifically whether Sánchez spoke with the Moroccan king, demanding to know «when, how and what». --- THE POSITIONS --- Feijóo stated publicly that the operation «came from Morocco, was consented to by Morocco, and there are indications Morocco coordinated it.» PP sources added that not calling the Moroccan monarch shows «condescendencia» on the government's part. The government offered no on-record response; this source records no statement from the executive. --- WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN --- This source does not establish whether the government used any diplomatic channel other than direct royal contact, nor what the current legal or administrative status of the migrants remaining in Ceuta is. --- UNANSWERED QUESTIONS --- • What specific diplomatic channel, if any, did the government use to communicate with Morocco after July 30? • What is the current humanitarian and legal situation of the minors who entered during the crossing? • Is there a bilateral readmission agreement between Spain and Morocco that covers these circumstances, and was it invoked? • Has Morocco acknowledged or responded to any Spanish diplomatic approach, through any channel? --- EPM ANALYSIS --- The government's silence in parliament turns a diplomatic question into an accountability crisis. Workers and families in Ceuta, and the migrants themselves, bear the practical costs of institutional ambiguity. The decisive variable is whether a real diplomatic channel with Rabat exists and is functioning —something this source neither confirms nor rules out. EPM has previously documented minors sleeping on Ceuta streets while institutions dispute jurisdiction, making the absence of a clear return framework more than a political talking point. 📌 📌 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, parliamentary silence is not diplomatic discretion —it is a failure of democratic transparency that harms the people caught in the middle. Migrants, including children, cannot wait while a procedural standoff substitutes for policy. Spain's institutions have an obligation to account publicly for how they respond to events at their own borders. The absence of a recorded government position in this source does not prove that no action was taken, but it does confirm that none has been communicated where it matters most: to elected representatives.
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