# Spanish intelligence warned of Ceuta mass crossing plans before surge

https://mins.news/en/item/52032

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 21:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced7vj2gv82o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Newly declassified documents show Spain’s intelligence service alerted Moroccan and Ceuta authorities on 29 July to social-media calls urging migrants to cross the border the next day. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the information did not reveal the scale of the crisis, while opposition parties accuse his government of misleading the public.

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