MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect the EU’s external borders

Tabled by Estrella Galán, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Pernando Barrena Arza

3. Removed: Condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the mass illegal crossings into Ceuta from Morocco, by land and by sea, and the instrumentalisation of irregular migration as a tool of hybrid warfare against the territorial integrity of a Member State; considers it of the utmost priority to strengthen the protection of the EU’s external land and maritime borders in Ceuta; Added: Acknowledges reports that indicate attempts by the Moroccan authorities to incite border crossings through misinformation; condemns the Moroccan authorities for using people’s lives, including those of minors and its own citizens, to pursue international interests; emphasises that people who crossed the border must not be reduced to instruments of geopolitical strategy or treated as a mere means to an end, and that they are victims of this situation;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.264