Vivas calls for strengthening border control in Ceuta and at least 1,000 agents
The President of Ceuta has urged the Spanish Government to significantly increase the forces of the National Police and the Civil Guard and to take steps to ensure that the massive influx of 30 July does not recur.
The President of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, has asked the Spanish Government to significantly increase the presence of officers of the National Police and the Civil Guard in the city, with an extraordinary deployment of at least 1,000 officers, and to guarantee the border with Morocco in order to prevent the recurrence of the massive influx on 30 July.
Vivas, who presented these requests at the hearing following the extraordinary meeting of the Ceuta Governing Council, considered that the Spanish Government should provide a proportionate response to the situation in the city.
The President of Ceuta, who believes that the current number of officers in the city is insufficient and that the situation requires extra reinforcement, has acknowledged the work of the State Security Forces, the Local Police and the Army, but has warned that even the officers themselves recognize the "precariousness in terms of staffing".
It therefore calls for a "significant" increase in police presence on the streets for the duration of the current situation and for the army to remain deployed in Ceuta to ensure public safety and tranquillity.
"The border cannot be in the hands of a third country."
The second major demand made by Vivas concerns the border with Morocco. The President of Ceuta has argued that Spain must have the means to carry out effective border control and has called for "preventive, deterrent and reaction" measures to possible attempts to attempt or provoke mass entry.
In this regard, he has warned that the border with Europe, Spain and Ceuta "cannot be in the hands of a third country" and has considered that the measures should prevent a repeat of what happened on 30 July.
Moreover, as the 15th of August approaches, he has expressed concern about the possibility of similar events again, noting that he understands the public's fear that the July 30 crisis "revealed the vulnerability of the border."
Vivas has acknowledged that the city alone does not have the capacity to ensure that a similar situation does not recur and has hoped that the Spanish Government will take the necessary measures.
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