Spanish government ups its security plan for North Africa following Ceuta riotsThe Spanish government will include the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa within its security plans. Following the migrant crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week which saw around 9,000 people break down borders to cross over from Morocco and the Spanish army intervene , Spain’s central government said it will be putting together a security plan to protect its enclaves in North Africa. The government said that last week’s incident in Ceuta showed that the issues facing Spain’s national security there were not just limited to migration, after it was claimed that that Moroccan border guards did nothing to prevent the thousands of people storming into the city. Spain has also been accused of returning many of the migrants who made their way into Ceuta last week without proper access to legal support, a claim which was rejected by the Spanish authorities. So far, the Moroccan authorities have accepted the return of around 7,500 of the 9,000 irregular migrants who made their way into Ceuta during the incident back into Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 28, 2021 17:38 UTC