- 'Serious crisis' -"What has taken place is an attack on our borders," said Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo. European Council chief Charles Michel voiced solidarity with Madrid, tweeting "Spain's borders are the European Union's borders". The Polisario Front has long fought for the independence of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony that is mainly under Moroccan control. In allowing the migrant surge into Ceuta, Morocco had sent a "strong message", said Isaias Barrenada, an international relations professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. But Spain's foreign minister insisted Rabat had "assured" Madrid there was no connection between the migrant surge and Ghali’s presence in Spain.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 18, 2021 00:13 UTC