Albares guarantees the integrity of Schengen and ensures that no migrants have reached the Peninsula
The Foreign Minister has stated that “until the last person who has irregularly entered Spain returns to Morocco”, as that is the “express will” of Rabat.
"Until the last person who has irregularly entered Spain returns to Morocco," José Manuel Albares said from Ceuta, after meeting with the President of the Autonomous City, Juan Jesús Vivas. The Foreign Minister thus echoed on Tuesday what he described as Rabat's "express will," which on Monday demanded the return to the country of its minors in Spain, ignoring the channels provided for the return of children and adolescents.
This is the first time a Foreign Minister has visited this Spanish enclave and he did so to respond to the doubts raised by the massive entry from Morocco of more than 70,000 people on July 30 and 31. On Tuesday, Albares described the Ceuta border as "the most complex in Spain and Europe" and assured that "the integrity of the Schengen area is fully guaranteed in Ceuta and Melilla."
His statements come a week after the meeting of EU Interior Ministers, in which Spain requested solidarity from its European partners in the face of the Ceuta crisis. The Minister also wanted to send a message of calm directed both to the peninsula and to the rest of European countries: "No one has left the city for the peninsula, nor can they do so."
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