The former Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2020 and 2021, Arancha González Laya, has described the massive arrival of migrants to Ceuta on July 30 and 31 as "hybrid warfare," and has lamented that the main conclusion she draws from these events is that "we have arrived late."
"Since 80,000 people enter through the external border of the European Union, we have arrived late, so the first lesson is that it should not happen again," she pointed out during an analysis of the current situation on "Hora 25" of "Cadena Ser."
The former minister has specified that what happened in the autonomous city constitutes "a hybrid aggression at the external border of the European Union," although she emphasized that it is not an exclusive phenomenon of Ceuta, but rather "what is happening in the world."
In light of this scenario, González Laya has called on a European scale to strengthen "the detection capacity" of "these hybrid actions" within the community space, with the aim of anticipating similar episodes.
Regarding Morocco's role in this massive entry, the former head of Spanish diplomacy has avoided directly pointing to Rabat, although she has admitted that there are "precedents" and "a constant questioning of Spanish sovereignty."
"That we must keep very much in mind, that has to be a concern because that is a red line," González Laya warned, insisting that the international status of the autonomous cities "is not in question."
In this regard, the former minister has recalled that "hybrid" attacks always complicate "an attribution," but has emphasized that, despite that difficulty, their origin can ultimately be determined because "everyone works for someone."