Morocco says European resolution does not include “incrimination” against Rabat

Ahmed Reda Chami stressed, in statements collected by the Moroccan media, that “a number of amendments of a hostile nature” were not finally accepted “thanks to the responsible, constructive and serene approach of most MEPs”.

However, he regretted that “communication and propaganda campaigns try to attribute to the text provisions or positions that it does not contain”.

The diplomat insisted that migration management requires a “daily operational commitment, constant dialogue and the search for common and lasting solutions”, and argued that “an open, frank and serene dialogue remains the privileged way to face common challenges”.

By 339 votes in favour, 225 against and thirteen abstentions, the European Parliament “condemned illegal mass crossings to Ceuta from Morocco, by land and sea, and the instrumentalisation of irregular migration as a hybrid war tool against territorial integrity” of Spain.

The text was adopted with the support of popular, ultra-conservative, far-right, overranists and half of the liberal group, while the Social Democrats, green, left and the other half of the liberal bench voted against.

The European Parliament (EP) also considered that the extraordinary regularisation approved by the Spanish Government had an “attractive effect” on the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta at the end of July.

In a Thursday resolution adopted during the plenary session of the EP in Strasbourg, France – which is not binding – MEPs state that the policy of large-scale regularisation pursued by the Spanish Prime Minister, Socialist Pedro Sánchez, was “a factor of attraction and sends a wrong signal to potential migrants and human traffic networks”, according to a statement.

MEPs want the European Commission to assess the possible cross-border impact of this type of national regime on secondary movements and the functioning of the Schengen area, of free movement.

MEPs also pointed out that the Pact on Migration and Asylum has been in force since 12 June 2026, stressing Spain's responsibility for making full use of this legal and operational framework.

On the other hand, he supported the EP, the Moroccan authorities must fulfil their responsibilities and commitments on border management, return and migration cooperation.

More than 70,000 people entered Ceuta illegally from Morocco on 30 and 31 July in what the Spanish Government described as an attack and a violation of Spain's territorial integrity.

Most of these people voluntarily left Ceuta in the following hours and days, but some 13,000 migrants remain in the city, according to local authorities.