That is what he said following the release of a police report highlighting numerous errors by Moroccan security forces.
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No legal or police institution, “nor diplomatic service, nor the European Commission, nor any international institution has provided the Spanish government with solid evidence that Morocco planned or carried out this incident,” P. Sanchez told parliament.
However, he criticized the Moroccan government for comments about Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish territories in North Africa, although it rarely means criticism of Rabat, which claims these Spanish territories in North Africa.
At the end of July, about 72,000 migrants stormed from Morocco into Ceuta, and throughout August “we heard two of their ministers making unacceptable comments about Ceuta and Melilla,” P. Sanchez told parliament.
He revealed that Spain summoned the Moroccan ambassador on August 21 because of this.
Moroccan media in August quoted Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi as saying that Rabat has “historical and geographical” rights to Ceuta and Melilla, and called for a “final solution” that would allow these territories to “return to the embrace of the homeland.”
According to the Spanish government, a few weeks later there are still about 5,000 migrants in Ceuta, including 1,200 minors.
Addressing parliament on Thursday to provide explanations about the crisis, P. Sanchez said that Ceuta and Melilla, which have the only land borders of the European Union (EU) with Africa, will remain Spanish “until the end of the world.”
P. Sanchez also risked fueling tension between Spain and Morocco by revealing that the government has urged King Felipe VI to visit Ceuta and Melilla “in the coming weeks.”
Such a visit would likely be very unwelcome to Morocco. The last trip by the Spanish monarch to these cities in 2007 caused a diplomatic crisis.
“The state must support Ceuta more than ever,” P. Sanchez said in justifying the request.
Tens of thousands of people protested in Ceuta and across Spain on Wednesday against the left-wing government’s handling of the crisis, while the conservative and far-right opposition used these rallies to attack P. Sanchez again.
