The Spain government intends to draw lessons from the mass migrant crossing into Ceuta on July 30 and implement systems to prevent a similar incident from recurring. Minister of Transport Óscar Puente announced this in an interview with TVE on Monday.
Although the government has not yet openly acknowledged any failures that may have contributed to the influx of migrants swimming from Morocco to Ceuta on July 30, authorities are already exploring ways to improve relevant procedures. According to Óscar Puente, the government will introduce “systems that will not allow entries of this nature” in the future.
The minister emphasized that events of this scale are hard to predict. He referenced the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, noting that before then the towers had never been attacked with airplanes.
Óscar Puente added that a repeat of the September 11 attacks would be far more difficult today because of the security measures put in place afterward. He also stressed that the mass crossing into Ceuta was not a terrorist attack and is not comparable to the events in New York, although such a scenario had never occurred before.
Security and intelligence issues
In parallel, the government plans to take steps to avoid a repeat of the events in Ceuta. This comes amid questions about police presence at the border, the advance information received by authorities, and the handling of intelligence data.
Following the declassification of approximately 30 intelligence reports, questions have arisen about how information on the potential threat—already circulating on social media—was communicated.
Óscar Puente said that a repeat of such a scenario will be much more difficult in the future. He affirmed that the government will “draw conclusions” that will lead to the implementation of “systems that will prevent such entries”.
Source: 20minutos
