Mass arrival in Ceuta and Spain's intelligence service saw nothing coming
50,000 people crossed into Ceuta in 24 hours, Spain's intelligence service CNI says it could not have known, and an earlier court ruling complicates the border response.
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More than 50,000 people in 24 hours and the CNI claims it «could not have known»
How do you move 50,000 people to a Spanish border in a single day without the intelligence service registering a single warning? That is the question after the mass entry into Ceuta. The official answer, summed up in a «could not have known» and «perfect coordination», is unconvincing.
The fence that was crossed without any warnings
An operation on this scale requires logistics and hours of preparation. Above all, it requires someone to see it coming. Some argue the CNI (Spain's National Intelligence Centre) had the information and looked the other way; another view goes further and speaks of active collaboration. According to circulating figures, the group would have included around 1,700 people with incivil records, allegedly pardoned by Segarro. Of the 50,000, some 48,300 are said to have returned.
The court ruling that complicated the response
The timeline adds an uncomfortable detail. Fifteen days earlier, a ruling by the TSJ (Superior Court of Justice) banned hot returns (immediate deportations) of those who swam in. The security forces were also entering their holiday period. Coincidences, perhaps. The official account does not explain how such an entry can be coordinated without anyone noticing.
With this handling of intelligence, there was no need for a CNI: reading the next day's papers was enough. The irony is that the service itself claims it did not find out then either.
How do you move 50,000 people to a Spanish border in a single day without the intelligence service registering a single warning? That is the question after the mass entry into Ceuta. The official answer, summed up in a «could not have known» and «perfect coordination», is unconvincing.
The fence that was crossed without any warnings
An operation on this scale requires logistics and hours of preparation. Above all, it requires someone to see it coming. Some argue the CNI (Spain's National Intelligence Centre) had the information and looked the other way; another view goes further and speaks of active collaboration. According to circulating figures, the group would have included around 1,700 people with incivil records, allegedly pardoned by Segarro. Of the 50,000, some 48,300 are said to have returned.
The court ruling that complicated the response
The timeline adds an uncomfortable detail. Fifteen days earlier, a ruling by the TSJ (Superior Court of Justice) banned hot returns (immediate deportations) of those who swam in. The security forces were also entering their holiday period. Coincidences, perhaps. The official account does not explain how such an entry can be coordinated without anyone noticing.
With this handling of intelligence, there was no need for a CNI: reading the next day's papers was enough. The irony is that the service itself claims it did not find out then either.
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