The Government accuses Sánchez of hiding information about migrant arrivals in the Balearic Islands: "They declassify what interests them"

PalmaThe declassification of official documents that the Ministry of the Interior carried out this Wednesday does not satisfy the Government of Marga Prohens, which this Thursday has returned to accuse the Spanish government of "hiding" information. "They declassify what interests them," said the director general of immigration, Manuel Pavón, in statements to the media.

Pavón referred to a supposed report that warned of a "high risk" of migrant arrivals to the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, which the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, mentioned in the Congress of Deputies. The Balearic Executive has demanded that the Spanish one deliver this supposed document, but it does not know if it is among the declassified texts. "We do not know, we have asked them to send it to us," insisted the Director General for Immigration. "Some reports were requested and they have not arrived," he insisted: "Documents are missing to be declassified, and if these have revealed what has happened, imagine those that are still missing".

In the same way, he admitted that the documents that have indeed been declassified and refer to the situation of the Islands are in line with the fortnightly reports on the state's migratory situation published by the Ministry. Although they point to the increase in small boats and the consolidation of the route with Algeria, they do not point to a supposed massive arrival similar to that of Ceuta. "The Balearic Islands are the most important route of this 2026; the Frontex reports say so, as do those of the Ministry," he explained: "The public reports demonstrate that Sánchez, Fernando Grande-Marlaska [Minister of the Interior] and Alfonso Rodríguez [delegate of the Spanish government] know it and are doing nothing about it". In the same vein, he criticized that Marlaska, in his last visit to Palma, assured that the route would decrease: "The data show that it is quite the opposite".

The director general's statements come the day after the Ministry made public 40 documents regarding CNI warnings about the arrival of 70,000 people on July 30 in Ceuta. As can be deduced from this documentation, the State's intelligence services did indeed warn both Morocco and the Spanish government of mass calls on social media to enter Ceuta. It did so with an informative note to the Moroccan intelligence services the day before the crisis and also via WhatsApp to the executive's delegation in Ceuta and to commanders of the Civil Guard. Security force reports prior to the crisis also warned of a possible increase in irregular entries following the Supreme Court ruling of July 8 that rejected hot returns by sea.