Spain’s spy agency warned of mass crossings into Ceuta before border crisis
Declassified documents reveal Spain's National Intelligence Center (CNI) warned both Madrid and Moroccan intelligence agencies on July 29, 2026, of planned mass crossings into Ceuta by migrants, citing social media calls for an "assault on the fence and by sea." The CNI alerted Spanish authorities to social media group
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Open questions and key claims
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez insisted the events of July 30 were impossible to predict.
Spanish opposition leader Santiago Abascal called Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a 'traitor' and 'a dog' over the handling of the migrant influx in Ceuta.
More than 70,000 migrants poured into Ceuta in July.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated the declassified documents did not indicate the scale of the subsequent events.
At least 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on July 30 and 31.
Spanish intelligence warned of social media calls for a mass migrant crossing into Ceuta the day before the surge.
Spain's national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings before the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into Ceuta in late July.
Spain’s intelligence services warned of possible mass crossings into Ceuta before tens of thousands arrived in late July.
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