The PP will take its proposals to confront the Ceuta crisis to a vote in the Plenary Session of Congress next week, a plan that includes reinforcing the border perimeter by lengthening the Tarajal breakwater, a permanent reinforcement of the Police and Civil Guard and more officials to speed up the expulsions of those who arrived in the massive entry of migrants on July 30 and 31.
In the non-law proposal, it is proposed to solve the Ceuta crisis on the basis of four pillars: infrastructure, human resources, technology and legal reforms.
In terms of personnel, the PP calls for consolidating permanent reinforcements of the Civil Guard and National Police, providing Ceuta with the necessary Immigration units to process the corresponding files, reinforcing health professionals and promoting an increase in judges and prosecutors before the competent bodies.
In the legislative section, it proposes to modify the Immigration Law to extend the border rejection regime to irregular entries by sea and to reform the Asylum Law "so that a forced entry does not automatically open the same procedure as an application presented in accordance with the law."
Frontex deployment
The proposal also urges the Executive to "immediately" activate the procedures legally provided for the voluntary return or expulsion of all those people who illegally entered Spain, move the necessary Immigration units to Ceuta and approve a calendar that allows the processing and resolution of the files to be completed.
Furthermore, it calls for using all available national and European legal instruments to defend the territorial integrity of Spain and guarantee border security, as well as requesting the activation of the mechanisms provided for in the European Regulation for crisis situations and instrumentalization.
The 'popular' also request the immediate deployment of Frontex and the necessary units, including rapid intervention units, and apply triage procedures for identification and security controls, in addition to asylum and return border procedures that allow accelerated processing.
In this sense, President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced this Wednesday in Congress that Spain will request the "permanent presence" of Frontex in the port and breakwater of Ceuta. Brussels is waiting for clarifications from the Government to conclude its evaluation of the requested reinforcement.
The proposal, registered in mid-August, also includes three claims that the Government has already materialized: declaring a situation of interest to National Security, convening the National Security Council and appointing a functional authority to direct and coordinate actions and resources in Ceuta, which has fallen to the Minister of Public Administrations of Ángel Víctor Torres.
"Neither threats nor blackmail" with Morocco
In relation to Morocco, the PP calls for "reorienting" bilateral relations on the principles of "respect and reciprocity", promoting a relationship that "does not admit threats or blackmail" and reaffirming that the territorial integrity of Spain "is not questioned neither in Ceuta, nor in Melilla, nor in Spanish waters."
The initiative also urges the Government to promote before the institutions of the European Union the recognition of the "singular and exceptional" situation of Ceuta and Melilla with treatment equivalent to that received by the outermost regions in funds, taxation and borders. Furthermore, he wants both cities to have their own representation in the Spanish delegation of the European Committee of the Regions.
650 million for Ceuta and Melilla
The last block, those of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ask to approve, in agreement with the autonomous cities and with the participation of their civil society, an Economic Reactivation Plan for Ceuta and Melilla endowed with "at least 650 million euros" between 2027 and 2032.
The PP proposes to include a Special Regime Law for Ceuta and Melilla that protects a stable fiscal and investment framework and legally guarantees Social Security bonuses of 50% and 75% in the economic activities that are determined.
