The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain strongly condemns the aggressions suffered in the last days by migrants remaining in Ceuta as well as the attacks against settlements and the threats directed at those who are still providing humanitarian aid.
One month after the massive entry of dozens of thousands of people from Morocco the situation remains unresolved. Thousands of migrants are still under precarious conditions. Meanwhile, unrest is growing among a population that has been enduring for weeks the results of a crisis the various Administrations have not been capable of addressing with the pace and resources required for it.
Such unrest is being used by the most reactionary political sections in order to spread the criminalization of migrant people and make them responsible of a situation they have not created. The existence of real problems in Ceuta does not justify persecution to those who sleep on the street, preventing the arrival of humanitarian aid, nor turning individual crimes into some characteristics to be attributed to every migrant person.
Responsibilities must be placed where they belong. The Spanish Government has reacted late and prioritized border control and returns over a sufficient response to the needs for accommodation, child protection, and basic care. Moroccan authorities, on their part, are using their role in the external border of the European Union as a means to make pressure in their relations with Spain and the EU itself
The European Union is no stranger to this situation. For years, it has externalized migration control to third countries such as Morocco. It has funded the containment of population movements caused by the uneven development of capitalism, wars, and growing violence between countries caused by the worsening of inter-imperialist contradictions.
Meanwhile, the promotion of racism contributes to direct the unrest of those who are enduring the worsening of their living standards against those who have even less. A false community of interests between workers and exploiters is built in this way as they share a nationality, while foreign workers are presented as enemies.
Migrant workers are part of the working class. Defending them against violence, ensuring their rights and their organization are a need for workers in Spain as a whole.
The PCTE calls on the working class and popular sections to reject any attempt to turn the Ceuta crisis into a war between the poor, to fight racism and xenophobia in neighborhoods and at workplaces, and to demand accountability to those who do have the capacity to solve this situation.
Against racism, war, and exploitation – the unity of the working class!
Madrid, August 30th, 2026
Press Office of the PCTE