Dad badan oo Ceuta gashay, Sánchez wuxuu wajahayaa cadaadis siyaasadeed iyo diblomaasiyadeed

Qiyaastii 60,000 qaxooti ayaa dabaasha ama fuushan u galeen Ceuta, halka ugu yaraan 57 qof ay ku dhinteen isku daygii gelitaanka. Xiisaddii weynaa waxay bilaabaysaa inay yaraato iyadoo qaxootiga qaar ay ku noqonayaan Morocco.

Gelitaankii qaxootiga iyo falcelinta dawladda

Qiyaastii 60,000 qaxooti ayaa la sheegay inay ka gudbeen ama dabaasha mareen xayndaabkii Ceuta wax ku qaadatay wakhti yar oo ka yar 24 saac. Inta badan waxay ahaayeen rag da' yar ama dhexdhexaad ah, laakiin sidoo kale haween iyo carruur ahayd.

Sánchez wuxuu ku degdegay Ceuta subaxnimadii Jimcaha si uu ugu eedeeyo dadka ka ganacsada tahriibka inay ka faa'iideysteen go'aan maxkamadda sare ee xaddiday xuquuqda dawladda ee dib-u-qaadista degdegga ah. Howlgal ciidan iyo bilays ayaa loo dirayaa Ceuta.

Xiriirka diblomaasiyadeed ee Spain iyo Maghreb

Gelitaankii qaxootiga wuxuu yimid kadib booqashadii Sánchez ee Algiers, taas oo ahayd mid diblomaasiyadeed si loo yareeyo cadhada Algeria ka dib go'aankii 2022 ee Spain ee ka tagista dhexdhexaadnimada. UK waxay qaadatay isla mowqifka Spain.

Morocco iyo Algeria waxay ku jiraan dagaal qabooba oo ku saabsan Western Sahara, iyadoo ciidamada UN ay kormeerayaan. Spain waxay u nugushahay cadaadiska tahriibka sababtoo ah Ceuta iyo Melilla oo ah xuduuddeeda Morocco.

Saamaynta gudaha iyo dibadda

Xisbiga PP iyo Vox ayaa arrinta qaxootiga ka faa'iideystay. Italy waxay ka hadashay gaban membership-ka Spain ee Schengen. Spain waxay xuduud gudaha ah ku haysaa duullimaadyada iyo doonyaha Ceuta iyo Melilla.

Sánchez wuxuu dhiirrigeliyay ajandaha 'immigration positive', oo ay ku jirto barnaamijka shaqaalaha xilliga ah ee Senegal. Tani waxay ka duwan tahay qaar badan oo EU ah, waana mid dhali karta walaac.

Mass crossing strains Madrid's ties with North African neighbours and triggers EU concern

Approximately 60,000 migrants swam or scrambled into Ceuta, with at least 57 dying in the attempt. The influx came after Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez visited Algiers, part of fence-mending over a 2022 policy shift on Western Sahara.

Border breach and response

The 60,000 migrants were estimated to have climbed over, through or swum around Ceuta's boundary fence in less than 24 hours, many being younger or middle-aged men plus some women and children. Moroccan border guards stood aside, enabling the penetration of EU territory.

Sánchez rushed to Ceuta on Friday morning to accuse migrant traffickers of exploiting a supreme court decision that constrained the government's right to immediately deport sea arrivals. An expanded military and police deployment is processing and returning those who do not leave voluntarily.

Diplomatic context

The 2021 Ceuta incursion of 10,000 followed Madrid allowing Polisario president Brahim Ghali treatment in Spain. The recent surge followed Sánchez's Algiers visit to soothe anger at Spain backing Morocco's Western Sahara autonomy plan, a stance also taken by the UK.

Morocco and Algeria remain in a cold war over Western Sahara, with a UN force monitoring calm between Polisario and Moroccan troops. Spain is vulnerable via Ceuta and Melilla, its only land borders with Morocco on African soil.

Political fallout

Spain's Partido Popular and Vox seized on the influx, while Italy talked of suspending Spanish Schengen membership. Spain operates strict internal borders on Ceuta and Melilla flights and ferries, controlling access to Schengen.

Sánchez pursues an 'immigration positive' agenda, including bringing Senegalese as seasonal horticultural workers. As migrants trickle back, the crisis recedes, but the political test of his approach continues.