Melchor León, a socialist critical of the management of the crisis in Ceuta: “For a government of my party to abandon us is very sad”
The first deputy speaker of the Ceuta Assembly is calling on the Executive to establish a timetable for returning the city to normality and is demanding that those responsible take action if it is not implemented.
Three weeks have passed since 80,000 migrants arrived in Ceuta by swimming, overwhelming the Spanish autonomous city and disrupting daily life for its 83,600 residents. The situation remains far from normal. Two socialist deputies from Ceuta, including Melchor León, have criticized the government of Pedro Sánchez for not handling the crisis strongly enough, despite promises from Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska that no migrants would stay in the city.
León describes the event as an "invasion by Morocco" and claims to have received threats for his criticism of the government.
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