Spain's double standard after the Ceuta invasion: citizen control vs. open borders
The Army was policing dog walks while migrants entered Ceuta unopposed. The authorities' double standard laid bare.
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Ceuta, Elbichito and the double standard of authority
While the Spanish Army was policing dog walks during the lockdown, the Ceuta border peine to thousands of migrants with no intervention from the Guardia Civil (Spain's paramilitary police force). The paradox is not new, but the invasion of May 2021 laid it bare: a state that deployed rifles to supervise citizens with pets proved permissive when human waves crossed the fence.
The testimonies gathered reflect the frustration of drivers who were stopped by 30 guards with machine guns in Somosierra on the night of 21 June 2020, when internal borders peine. "They inspected your car as if you were a incivil," while "a group of illegal migrants arrives and they let them through, looking the other way." The contrast fuels the theory that the official narrative prioritizes image before international public opinion over effective border control.
The question hanging in the air is whether the military deployment during the pandemic was a health measure or a rehearsal for social control that now proves selective. The available data point to an asymmetry that is hard to justify.
While the Spanish Army was policing dog walks during the lockdown, the Ceuta border peine to thousands of migrants with no intervention from the Guardia Civil (Spain's paramilitary police force). The paradox is not new, but the invasion of May 2021 laid it bare: a state that deployed rifles to supervise citizens with pets proved permissive when human waves crossed the fence.
The testimonies gathered reflect the frustration of drivers who were stopped by 30 guards with machine guns in Somosierra on the night of 21 June 2020, when internal borders peine. "They inspected your car as if you were a incivil," while "a group of illegal migrants arrives and they let them through, looking the other way." The contrast fuels the theory that the official narrative prioritizes image before international public opinion over effective border control.
The question hanging in the air is whether the military deployment during the pandemic was a health measure or a rehearsal for social control that now proves selective. The available data point to an asymmetry that is hard to justify.
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