Morocco’s minister for human rights linked the passive reaction of Moroccan border guards, to hordes of illegal migrants invading Spanish territory, with Spain’s decision to treat a sick Western Sahara independence leader. In response Spain’s interior minister described the wave of illegal migrants as an “attack” on the country’s borders.
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish Interior Minister, told Radio COPE that he hoped the political dispute with Morocco “will be as short as possible.” Grande-Marlaska described the flood of illegals crossing into Spanish territory as “an attack on our borders, not a migratory crisis,” slamming Morocco’s role in encouraging the illegal migrants towards Ceuta. Spanish officials said Moroccan border guards actually ushered migrants through the gate.
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