On the eve of a mass crossing that would bring 72,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and claim at least 100 lives, Spain's intelligence services had already identified the plan — the date, the method, the social media channels, and the reasoning behind the chosen moment. What followed was not merely a humanitarian crisis but a reckoning with the ancient question of whether those in power knew what was coming, and whether knowing obligates action. The declassified documents have not resolved that question so much as made it impossible to set aside.
Spain's declassified docs reveal intelligence warned of Ceuta crossing day before
At least 100 migrants died during the crossing; 72,000 crossed into Ceuta with up to 5,000 remaining in makeshift camps.
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