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

E. whereas Removed: repeated warnings from local authorities and security and intelligence services had been conveyed to the Spanish Government, as per the confidential reports disclosed on 9 September, indicating that pressure at the border had been building well before those days; whereas during the crisis, the Assembly of Ceuta unanimously called on the national government to close the border, declare a national emergency, convene the National Security Council, appoint a single coordinating authority and deploy the armed forces; whereas the Spanish Government failed to act on those calls; Added: Ceuta and Melilla’s borders are external borders of the EU; whereas many of those who arrived irregularly in Ceuta were reportedly victims of false information and used for political pressurisation and destabilisation; whereas some reports have highlighted allegations of Morocco’s involvement;

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