Spanish Prosecutor's Office approves National Court's investigation of Ceuta migration crisis

The Spanish Prosecutor's Office presented a report to Judge María Tardón stating that the National Court (Audiencia Nacional) has jurisdiction over the investigation of the mass migration event directed at Ceuta. The Prosecutor's Office emphasized that a large part of the planning, logistical coordination, and strategic direction took place on Moroccan territory, but the concrete execution of the act and its consequences occurred on Spanish territory. This assessment will shape where central jurisdiction lies in the judicial process of the crisis experienced in May 2021.

The report implies that the migration wave was not coincidental but an organized operation. According to the Prosecutor's Office, while digital dissemination and logistical preparations were managed from Morocco, the breach of the border and the resulting humanitarian situation took place in Ceuta. This situation brings the international dimension involved in the event and the need for judicial cooperation between the two countries to the agenda.