Spain’s Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, held a press conference in Ceuta today and announced that most of the approximately 60,000 people who entered Ceuta illegally during last week’s chaotic events had been expelled.
He also echoed the Spanish Prime Minister’s claims, blaming the events on criminal groups while praising the Moroccan government as a reliable partner.
He accused Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of selfishness and ignorance, referring to the events in Lampedusa in 2023, when thousands of migrants reached the small Italian island.
The Italian premier called for Spain to be suspended from the EU’s Schengen Area, but the Spanish Interior Minister said that Ceuta does not form part of the Schengen regime.
The army and police will remain in Ceuta for the time being, the minister said.
Footage below by the Guardia Civil.
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