The leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijoo, had already warned of the situation during his appearance yesterday in Ceuta; the Spanish Government had been aware of it since last Monday.
New information from several military and civilian intelligence sources suggests that the Spanish government had advance warning of the risk of a mass arrival of migrants in the North African exclave of Ceuta this week.
Intelligence alerts were issued over several days, including in the hours immediately before tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco, sources said.
Intelligence services, consulted by The Objective media, had warned that King Mohammed VI was likely to make a "gesture of magnanimity" at the border to coincide with Morocco's Throne Day celebrations. Those initial warnings were followed by reports of migrants swimming across from Fnideq, known as Castillejos in Spanish, and buses carrying people from different parts of Morocco towards the border.
Over the course of around ten days, nearly 1,000 people swam into Ceuta. Intelligence officials reportedly viewed this as a test by Moroccan authorities and passed that assessment on to the government.
