Pedro Sánchez defends the Government's actions in the face of the Ceuta crisis: "It has to act on certain data and facts"

Pedro Sánchez defended this Monday before Aimar Bretos that the Government must face the migratory crisis in Ceuta based on verified information. "The Government of Spain has to act on data and on certain facts because certain accusations are made that seem to me to be very serious, dangerous and in some way also gratuitous," said the president during his interview on Hoy por Hoy on La SER.

Sánchez insisted that the investigation into what happened remains open. "We are still investigating what happened," he stated, before explaining that the Executive is working with the data and facts it knows so far. In this sense, he pointed to the spread of hoaxes and disinformation through social networks as one of the elements that preceded the massive entry of migrants.

The president also placed the crisis in the context of the particularity of the autonomous cities. "There is a structural inequality that means that the autonomous city of Ceuta and the autonomous city of Melilla have probably the most complex borders in the world," he assured, alluding to the difference in opportunities and income between both sides of the border.

During the conversation, Sánchez also pointed out that around 90% of the people who entered Ceuta on July 30 and 31 have already returned to Morocco and that "around 5,000 people would remain," including 1,200 unaccompanied minors. Regarding a possible participation of Morocco, he stressed that "there is no information" from the security and intelligence services that points to the Moroccan authorities.

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