Cuca Gamarra denies normality in Ceuta and accuses the Government of being absent: "They were not there when they should have been"

Cuca Gamarra assured this Tuesday from Ceuta that the autonomous city is still far from having recovered normality. After meeting with the Ceuta president, Juan Jesús Vivas, and touring several points of the city, the deputy secretary of Institutional Regeneration of the PP rejected the image of stabilization conveyed in recent days.

"That normality they talk about does not exist, it has not been recovered," she stated. Gamarra explained that during her visit she heard residents who have modified their routines out of fear. "When there is a woman who does not dare to walk down a street, freedoms and rights are not fully guaranteed," she warned after passing through Trampolín beach, the Príncipe Alfonso neighborhood, and the Tarajal border.

The popular leader directly attacked the response of Pedro Sánchez's Executive. "They were not there when they should have been, they did not act or foresee what was coming and now they are not up to the circumstances either," she maintained. She also again defined the massive entry on July 30 as an "invasion" which, in her opinion, had to be organized.

More resources for agents

One of Gamarra's main messages was directed at national police and civil guards. The deputy secretary met with their associations and unions and asked the Ministry of Interior to guarantee decent conditions for the personnel sent from the Peninsula.

"Everything is possible if there is political will," she assured before demanding stable resources, legal certainty, and better accommodation conditions. Gamarra defended that the State Security Forces and Corps "have not failed" during the crisis and placed the shortcomings in the political response and the organization of resources.

The Government has deployed more than 500 additional agents and the operation exceeds 1,600 personnel. The PP believes that these reinforcements should become a structural endowment and be accompanied by a single command capable of coordinating all administrations.

Gamarra also defended the actions of Juan Jesús Vivas's Government, which Moncloa has reproached for lack of collaboration. "If there has been anything from the Government of Ceuta from minute one, it has been full collaboration, even alone," she responded. In her opinion, it is "the limit" to hold responsible a city that has assumed tasks beyond its competencies and capabilities.

The PP has registered a plan with eleven measures for Ceuta in Congress. The proposal includes activating the National Security Law, creating a single command, increasing police staff, and reinforcing the border with the participation of the Armed Forces and Frontex. "The control of the border cannot be sublet to a third country, it is up to us," Gamarra defended in reference to Morocco.

Returns and their legal limits

The popular deputy secretary has demanded the return to Morocco of the people who remain in Ceuta, including minors. "Here there is only one way out and that is the return to Morocco. There is no other," she stated after the European Commission recalled that community legislation also contemplates the return of unaccompanied minors.

This European support does not allow collective or automatic returns. Union Law requires studying each situation and especially assessing age, health, vulnerability, and the best interest of the child. Before agreeing to their return, authorities must verify that they will be received by their family, by a guardian, or by adequate reception services, as established by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Gamarra has also assured that those who arrived irregularly from Morocco "do not have asylum" because it is considered a safe country. European regulations allow these applications to be processed through an accelerated procedure, although they maintain the obligation to study each case. The consideration of a safe country also does not prevent a person from being able to prove an individual risk of persecution or serious harm.

The PP leader closed her visit by committing her party's support to the city and its autonomous government. "The first slogan is Ceuta, the second slogan is Ceuta, and the third slogan is Ceuta," she proclaimed before addressing her neighbors directly. "You are not alone. The rest of Spain is with you."