The Spanish services were to inform Pedro Sánchez's cabinet for respective days about the hazard of mass influx of migrants into Ceuta. According to media reports, additional forces were sent there only after the crisis began. The government in Madrid denies this version, which is why the work of the authorities needs a solid explanation.
Warnings against the crisis
Spanish intelligence services were to inform the government of Pedro Sánchez about the hazard of mass influx of migrants into Ceuta. According to Kresy.pl, citing media reports, authorities were to know about transporting people towards the border and earlier attempts to cross it.
According to this account, additional forces were sent to the city only after the crisis began. Madrid denies these reports. Therefore, negligence must not be presented as a settled fact at this stage. Documents, chronology of warnings and a clear consequence to the decisions made by ministers are needed.
The border needs action before the crisis
Ceuta is simply a Spanish enclave in North Africa and the external border of the European Union. Migration force in specified a place does not appear without signals. Movement of groups towards transition, transport organisation and erstwhile attempts to cross the border should trigger procedures before the situation becomes dangerous for officers and migrants themselves.
Border protection is not aimed at human dignity. It serves as a legal entry and the state knows who is on its territory. deficiency of control favours human smugglers and increases the hazard of chaos.
Lesson for Poland
For Poland, the origin of Ceuta is practical. Our border was besides subject to organized migration force from the east. The state must combine tight security, intelligence and humanitarian treatment of detainees. These duties are not contradictory.
If reports of Madrid's delayed consequence are confirmed, this will be an example of the cost of political sabbatical. If they prove false, the government should present the facts. The safety of residents, the credibility of the institutions and the right of the State to control its own border are at stake.
