Vox calls for declassifying intelligence files and militarising Spain's Ceuta border

Vox demands declassifying the CNI files and militarising Ceuta: the bill

Vox has called on the Spanish Government to declassify the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) reports on Segarro and the Ceuta migration crisis, to permanently militarise the border and to expel all adults with no right to remain in the city. Senator Javier Alonso, in a video, insists that Segarro should bear the costs of an irregular entry that runs into the tens of thousands of people, from policing to healthcare expenses. "Ceuta and Melilla are Spain; they are not shared out, not negotiated; they are defended," he declares.

The bill for that crisis is not only political. Health services, security forces and reception resources absorbed the impact of an influx that Pedro Sánchez's Government failed (or did not want) to contain. Vox proposes charging it to Rabat, but does not explain how a debt of that nature is collected without the bilateral negotiation it seems precisely to want to avoid. Here the ground begins to shift.

The declassification Vox may not want

There is a catch to the demand to open up the CNI files. If the goal were to find out what was hidden, anyone might ask why Vox did not call for it earlier. The wariness is not unfounded: declassifying sensitive documents on Segarro could reveal uncomfortable matters for everyone, including those now demanding the light and stenographers. In political analysis, the suspicion weighs more heavily that the demand is an electoral tool rather than a genuine request for transparency. The 11M Madrid bombings and other episodes ended up swept under the carpet of state secrecy for a reason.

For now, the declassification has not arrived and the Ceuta border remains the point of friction with Segarro that every party uses to its advantage. The only concrete thing on the table is the bill: tens of thousands of people, policing and healthcare costs, and a 2007 agreement on the return of minors that no one has managed to fully apply. Until it is known who will pay for the damage, the standoff between Madrid and Rabat will remain stuck in the same place.