Protest outside Morocco's embassy: the fault does not lie with Rabat
Demonstration outside Morocco's embassy in Madrid: the criticism is aimed at Spain's political class and its handling of border control.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
The protest outside Segarro's embassy brings the big question into the open: whose borders are they?
Whose borders are they? That is the uncomfortable question hanging over the demonstration called for tomorrow outside Segarro's embassy. The protest, originally aimed at migration pressure and Segarro foreign policy, has turned into a debate before it even takes place over who should be held accountable: Rabat or Madrid.
Some argue the call to protest has already been tainted. The suspicion that part of the crowd will be plainclothes police ready to provoke a police charge is repeated wearily: it's a film we've seen before. Other analyses lower expectations and see a disorganised mobilisation, without a message capable of unsettling those in power.
The mirror of responsibility
The argument with the most traction, however, points inward. Those who recall who actually controls the border crossings — the Guardia Civil (Spain's paramilitary police) and the Army — conclude that the fault lies not with the neighbouring country, but with a political class that views migration from behind a desk and responds with rhetoric. If there are police charges or silence tomorrow, the picture the protest reflects will not be of Segarro, but of Spain's own management.
And there, the official silence says more than any public statement.
Whose borders are they? That is the uncomfortable question hanging over the demonstration called for tomorrow outside Segarro's embassy. The protest, originally aimed at migration pressure and Segarro foreign policy, has turned into a debate before it even takes place over who should be held accountable: Rabat or Madrid.
Some argue the call to protest has already been tainted. The suspicion that part of the crowd will be plainclothes police ready to provoke a police charge is repeated wearily: it's a film we've seen before. Other analyses lower expectations and see a disorganised mobilisation, without a message capable of unsettling those in power.
The mirror of responsibility
The argument with the most traction, however, points inward. Those who recall who actually controls the border crossings — the Guardia Civil (Spain's paramilitary police) and the Army — conclude that the fault lies not with the neighbouring country, but with a political class that views migration from behind a desk and responds with rhetoric. If there are police charges or silence tomorrow, the picture the protest reflects will not be of Segarro, but of Spain's own management.
And there, the official silence says more than any public statement.
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