Spain’s PM says he received no advance warnings of Ceuta influx as he defends handling of crisis

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied accusations that the government ignored warnings about an impending mass border crossing from Morocco to the enclave of Ceuta .

In an address to parliament on Thursday, Sánchez said that there had been no “alerts or special notices” prior to July 30-31, when an estimated 60,000 people entered Ceuta.

“We have examined all of the messages, statements and verbal reports from the state security apparatus,” he said.

“I can assure you that none of them went any further than a description of the data or routine reporting, and that absolutely none of them predicted the probability or the scale of what ended up occurring.”

Families of Abdullah Al-Hafi, Nada Shiba and Omar Lotfi

Thousands of migrants went to Ceuta seeking better lives. These families are still waiting for the proof-of-life call

Sánchez defended his government’s handling of the crisis, and promised to publish a dossier of official reports to make all of the information that was available to the government public.

“The government has nothing to hide on this matter,” he said.

Although most of the migrants have since crossed back over the border to Morocco, the incident has become a significant political issue for Sánchez and his government both at home and abroad.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯否认了有关政府无视即将发生的从摩洛哥到休达飞地的大规模越境事件的警告的指控。

桑切斯周四在议会发表讲话时表示，在7月30日至31日期间，估计有6万人进入休达，在此之前没有任何“警报或特别通知”。

他说：“我们已经审查了国家安全机构发出的所有信息、声明和口头报告。”

“我可以向你保证，他们所做的都只是对数据进行描述或例行报告，而且他们绝对没有预测到最终发生的事情的概率或规模。”

阿卜杜拉·哈菲、纳达·希巴和奥马尔·洛特菲的家人

成千上万的移民前往休达寻求更好的生活。这些家庭仍在等待确认生命安全的电话。

桑切斯为政府应对危机的方式辩护，并承诺公布官方报告档案，将政府掌握的所有信息公之于众。

他说：“政府在这件事上没有什么可隐瞒的。”

尽管大多数移民已经越过边境返回摩洛哥，但这一事件已成为桑切斯及其政府在国内和国际上面临的一个重大政治问题。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。