Spain will receive emergency assistance funding from Europe to address the response to the migration crisis in Ceuta

Spain has formally requested help from the European Union to deal with the massive entry of thousands of people into Ceuta across the border with Morocco between July 30 and 31. Thus, the European Commission has confirmed having received the formal request from the Spanish Government.

A Commission spokesperson conveyed the movement of Pedro Sánchez's Executive to the news agency 'Europa Press'.  "The Commission has received the formal request from the Spanish authorities for emergency assistance funding to address the migratory situation in Ceuta. The Commission has maintained close contact with Spain before receiving this formal request. And now we will work to achieve a rapid assessment and decision," the aforementioned media outlet reports.

The request includes reinforcing border security and improving infrastructure designed to protect them, as well as ensuring that Ceuta has sufficient spaces and resources to care for arriving individuals, especially unaccompanied minors.

The PP criticized not having requested European aid

During the migratory crisis, the Popular Party has intensified its criticism of Pedro Sánchez's Executive for its management, requesting urgent appearances, the summoning of several ministers to the Senate and, in turn, they have denounced that the Government had not requested more resources from the European Union to deal with the situation in the autonomous city. 

The European Union spoke out about its collaboration with Spain. In this regard, the European Commission (EC) announced that it was evaluating granting the country economic aid to cooperate with the city's management. Similarly, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, indicated that Spain had not made any formal request. 

Pedro Sánchez's Executive sent a document to Europe detailing the situation in Ceuta. Thus, the community spokesperson, Guillaume Mercier, explained that the document was being analyzed "very quickly" to provide the necessary assistance. However, for the possible European collaboration to take place, they reiterated that it had to be Spain that submitted the formal request.