The migration alert leaves no new permits for the Civil Guards of Ceuta and Melilla
El instituto armado da instrucciones para que no se concedan más vacaciones mientras persista “la presión” en la frontera con Marruecos
Civil Guard Director General Mercedes González has given instructions not to grant new “vacations, permits or leaves” to armed institute agents stationed in Ceuta and Melilla due to “the operational situation resulting from the increase in irregular migratory pressure” in the two autonomous cities, according to an internal document EL PAÍS has access to.
The letter, signed last Friday by the Operational General Director (DAO), Lieutenant General Manuel Llamas, justifies the decision on “the need to guarantee the adequate provision of service, the maintenance of citizen security and the surveillance of the exterior border of the State” and comes amid reports pointing to a supposed new attempt at a massive border jump by irregular migrants that is being encouraged on social media for next Saturday.
On 30 July, more than 72,000 irregular migrants entered Ceuta after swimming around the El Tarajal breakwater, according to an estimate by the Interior Ministry.
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