The day that Spain exploded in anger for Ceuta and its people after one month of crisis
“We were being invaded by 60,000 people, that is almost the whole population of Ceuta,” one protestor told The Olive Press.
US President Donald Trump has entered the ongoing dispute over Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, warning that Spain could become "a ruined country" due to the mass arrival of migrants from Morocco. Trump expressed concern over Madrid's inability to control its borders and accused the country of failing its NATO obligations.
His intervention adds an international dimension to the crisis, which has already escalated beyond the initial migration emergency. Moroccan officials have reiterated their territorial claim to Ceuta, with the country's Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, stating that Morocco "will not retreat a single inch of our national territory."
This has heightened tensions between Madrid and Rabat, with the migration crisis also intertwining with the historical dispute over Spanish sovereignty in North Africa. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has maintained that Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla represents a red line for his government, rejecting Moroccan territorial claims.
However, Spanish authorities have not explicitly accused Moroccan security forces of deliberately orchestrating the mass influx into Ceuta, despite reports of "total permissiveness" during the crisis.
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