Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied accusations that the government ignored warnings about an impending mass border crossing from Morocco to the enclave of Ceuta.
Sánchez has been under intense pressure over the crisis, which saw an estimated 72,000 people cross the border. Dozens died and many remain in the city.
In an address to parliament on Thursday, Sánchez said that there had been no “alerts or special notices” prior to July 30-31.
“We have examined all of the messages, statements and verbal reports from the state security apparatus,” he said.
“I can assure you that none of them went any further than a description of the data or routine reporting, and that absolutely none of them predicted the probability or the scale of what ended up occurring.”
