The Government declassifies this Tuesday the CNI reports on the Ceuta crisis and redoubles its response to the challenge from the PP and Vivas

The Government faces a new decisive day this Tuesday in the management of the Ceuta crisis. The Council of Ministers will approve the declassification of the reports prepared by the National Intelligence Center (CNI) on the massive entry of people from Morocco, while several ministers will travel to the city to supervise the reception, security, and the start of the school year marked by family concerns.

The decision will allow access to the content of the documents handled by the Executive before and during July 30 and 31. The agreement will be adopted this Tuesday, although the declassification will take effect on Wednesday, when the corresponding order is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). From then on, the reports will be available in a publicly accessible dossier.

Pedro Sánchez set the course this Monday during the opening of the PSOE's political year in Congress. The President of the Government placed Ceuta as the "main priority" of the Executive, promised to clarify what happened, and expressed confidence that the city would soon return to normality thanks to the state deployment. "We are going to clarify what happened that week in July and, when we do, we will share it with the public with transparency," he stated.

CNI reports will be public on Wednesday

The publication will allow verification of what warnings the authorities received and whether any anticipated the dimension of an entry that overwhelmed the border for several hours. Sánchez assured last week in Congress that no report foresaw the scale or probability of the crisis, although he acknowledged that an increase in attempts to enter by swimming had been detected during July.

The Government maintains that previous communications contained routine data and warnings, insufficient to anticipate the arrival of tens of thousands of people in a few hours. This version can be contrasted from Wednesday with the full content of the documents, amid accusations from the PP and Vox about an alleged concealment of information.

The declassification also coincides with the opening of an investigation in the Audiencia Nacional. Judge María Tardón has taken over the proceedings, considering that what happened could represent a serious attack against the territorial integrity of Spain. Her order includes an action favoring Moroccan agents who would have guided some of the people towards the entry points. The possible attribution of that action to the Government of Rabat is still pending conclusive evidence.

Faced with political pressure, the Executive vindicates the work done since the end of July. Sánchez estimated that some 63,000 people returned to Morocco during the first 72 hours, while the European Commission has highlighted the speed of that first response. The Government also declared a situation of interest for national security on August 25, which allowed for the establishment of a single command headed by the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres.

To this deployment has been added a shock plan of 309 million euros to reinforce public services and support the economic recovery of Ceuta. The package reserves 21 million for essential services, 90 million for security, 118 million for humanitarian aid, and 80 million for businesses, workers, and commerce.

Torres detailed this Monday that some 3,500 places have been enabled and that the planned facilities will allow capacity to be increased to 6,000. He also put the number of voluntary returns made since August 10 at 4,000, confirmed the identification of more than 2,000 minors, and explained that around 3,500 meals are distributed daily. The administrative reinforcement incorporates about fifty civil servants to expedite individual files.

The minister also held a conversation with the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, to explain the evolution of the crisis and the conditioning of the new spaces. The immediate objective is to complete affiliation, facilitate family reunifications, and resolve protection requests or return procedures more quickly.

The Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, will first participate in the Council of Ministers and then travel to Ceuta. At 2:00 p.m. he will visit the temporary center set up in El Tarajal, then he will go to the border post and will appear in the afternoon from the Government Delegation. The Minister of Education, Milagros Tolón, will also travel to the city, coinciding with the start of classes.

Education has hired private security for the 35 schools in Ceuta, including subsidized centers, and has reinforced school routes with the State Security Forces and Corps. Tolón defended this Monday that all centers are safe and asked to resume the school routine as soon as possible, although some families still have doubts about their children's attendance.

The port pits the Government against Vivas and the PP

The main institutional clash is now focused on the port plots chosen to install about fifty temporary tents, with an approximate capacity for 700 people. The Government believes that these spaces will allow migrants to be taken off the streets, complete their identification, and speed up the various administrative procedures.

The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, finally rejected this location and warned of its possible effects on port activity. The popular leader described the city as a "pressure cooker" and assured that it is "at its limit" from the point of view of security, coexistence, and the functioning of public services.

Óscar Puente responded that the two plots had been previously agreed upon with the Ceuta government and that this decision is recorded in the minutes of the meetings. The Minister of Transport accused Vivas of changing his position by submitting the proposal to a vote in the Port Authority and described what happened as a "trap".

"Ceuta is not California, it is a very small place," Puente defended to justify a location far from the urban area, delimitable and compatible with the maintenance of port activity. Transport resorted to article 73.3 of port legislation, which allows authorizing these uses for reasons related to national security.

The minister raised the political tone by accusing the Government of Ceuta of contributing to the prolongation of the situation and held Alberto Núñez Feijóo responsible for the change in stance. Vivas received public support this Monday from the leader of the PP and numerous popular regional presidents, who demanded more security and rejected the transfer of migrant minors to the Peninsula.

From the Executive, the Minister of Health, Mónica García, denounced that the communities governed by the PP keep some 500 available places for housing minors blocked. The Government demands regional co-responsibility to alleviate Ceuta's services, while popular leaders maintain that the transfers would extend the consequences of the crisis to other communities.

The far-right Vox has taken the confrontation to the Supreme Court with a lawsuit against Sánchez, Grande-Marlaska and the Secretary of State for Security, Aina Calvo. The party attributes to them alleged crimes of collaboration with terrorism, homicide and serious reckless injury, prevarication, cover-up and omission of the duty to prosecute crimes.

Vox also intends to activate article 102 of the Constitution to accuse the president of treason. To initiate this procedure, it needs the support of 88 deputies and has 32, so it has asked the PP and other groups to complete the signatures. The lawsuit must now pass the admission examination of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court.

The European dimension of the crisis will also continue this Tuesday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, will meet in Brussels with Commissioner Magnus Brunner, who will also receive Vivas separately. The Government seeks to strengthen the involvement of the European Union in the southern border and maintain diplomatic channels with Morocco while the judicial investigation progresses.