Prohens asks for explanations from Sánchez for a report on arrivals to the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands
The president has demanded that the activation of Frontex be requested
PalmaThe President of the Government, Marga Prohens, has demanded explanations from Pedro Sánchez for having stated, during his appearance at the Congress of Deputies, that he received reports from the National Police regarding a risk of migrant arrivals on the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
The Spanish president has detailed the information known over the last few days regarding possible prior warnings of the crisis. As he explained, the European agency produced a "routine" report on the arrests recorded at the Morocco-Ceuta border, but it "did not foresee anything even remotely similar to what happened." He also denied that the National Police warned a week earlier of a "high risk" of arrivals in Ceuta. He confirmed that this report existed, but it referred "exclusively" to maritime arrivals on the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and not to the Ceuta border.
After learning of these statements, Prohens posted a tweet on X: "Did the government of Spain have reports from the National Police warning of massive arrivals of irregular immigrants on the coast of the Balearic Islands and did not inform the Government about it?". Thus, she has demanded "immediate explanations" regarding this matter. She has also demanded "urgent measures to reinforce the State's security forces and bodies" and that the activation of Frontex be requested "for the protection, control and defense of maritime borders in the face of this high-risk alert".