Sanchez flies over Ceuta, Spanish FM reax, protest

STORY: Spain Ceuta Crisis - Sanchez flies over Ceuta, Spanish FM reax, protest

LENGTH: 02:43

FIRST RUN: 2018

RESTRICTIONS:

TYPE: Spanish/Natsound

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/GOVERNMENT POOL

STORY NUMBER: 4326526

DATELINE: 18 May 2021 - Ceuta/Madrid

SHOTLIST:

RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

GOVERNMENT POOL

Ceuta - 18 May 2021

1. Various of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska in helicopter flying over Ceuta

GOVERNMENT POOL

Madrid - 18 May 2021

2. Various of Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo at a special emergency committee for the situation in Ceuta, attended by Defence Minister Margarita Robles and other delegates

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Madrid - 18 May 2021

3. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya approaching media

4. Camera operator

5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Spanish Foreign Minister:

"I have called in for talks the Moroccan Ambassador to express our displeasure. And our opposition to the mass entrance of Moroccan migrants to Ceuta. I have reminded her that border control has been and must continue to be the co-responsibility of Spain and Morocco. "

6. Media

7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Spanish Foreign Minister:

"I have had the occasion to inform my (European) colleagues of the situation at the border of the European Union in Ceuta with Morocco. They showed a great deal of concern. This is border that we share with the European Union and as you all know immigration is a very sensitive issue within the EU."

8. Protest outside Morocco Embassy with a banner reading (Spanish): "war to the invaders"

9. Protesters with Spanish flags

10. Banner reading (Spanish): "Stop the invasion"

11. Protesters

12. Protester steps on Moroccan flag with Spanish flag reading (Spanish):  "Government resign"

13. Various of protesters with Spanish flags

14. Protesters in front of riot police

15. Close of police

16. Wide of protesters

STORYLINE:

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in the city of Ceuta by helicopter on Tuesday to see firsthand the situation amid a mass migration crisis there.

Sanchez, accompanied by Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska flew over the Spanish enclave on the coast of Morocco, after thousands of migrants entered the city.

Earlier, Spain deployed its military to the area and expelled nearly half of the thousands of migrants who jumped fences or swam onto European soil over two days after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.

Meanwhile, in Madrid, the Spanish government held an emergency meeting of a special committee to track the migration crisis.

Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said that she has informed the Moroccan Ambassador of Spain's great displeasure at the mass migration push at the country's border in Ceuta.

Gonzalez Laya speaking outside the Foreign Ministry in Madrid said that she had raised the issue at an virtual EU ministers meeting.

"This is a border that we share with the European Union" she said.

As she spoke, groups of far-right activists protested outside the Moroccan embassy in Madrid.

The small group of 200, were kept a distance from the embassy by units of riot police.

The protesters shouted offensive remarks and demanded the resignation of Sanchez.

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