Felipe VI has expressed his “great concern and indignation” over the “serious events” that occurred in Ceuta, where more than 50,000 people entered from Morocco between Thursday and Friday. Through a message made public this Saturday by the Royal House, the monarch has informed that, “over these days,” he has maintained contact with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez; with the presidents of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, Juan Jesús Vivas and Juan José Imbroda, respectively; and with the leader of the opposition and the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. “He has conveyed words of encouragement and firmness to all of them,” the statement notes.
“The King believes it is necessary to adopt all those measures that convey in a united, clear, and decisive way to the populations of Ceuta and Melilla the support and affection of the rest of Spain,” the message continues, adding: “The State must ensure their security and prevent these events — which have also resulted in a sad and tragic loss of dozens of lives — from happening again.”
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This move by Felipe VI comes after President Pedro Sánchez accused several European governments of acting in the Ceuta crisis driven by “prejudice, fake news, ignorance, or political interest”; and described their response to the migratory situation in the Spanish autonomous city as “selfish, polarizing, and illegal.” In a letter sent to the leadership of the community institutions, the head of the Executive criticized the reaction of some of his EU partners (without naming names) and requested an urgent meeting of Interior Ministers, after Italy suspended its Schengen cooperation with Spain and Finland and Denmark openly raised the possibility of temporarily excluding their free movement cooperation with Madrid. Spain estimates that more than 48,000 of the approximately 50,000 who entered Ceuta from Morocco have already returned
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