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00:01SOTA's president, Juan Jesus Vivas, has accused Morocco of a policy of harassment towards a Spanish exclave,
00:07urging the EU to take tougher stance and fund border security.
00:11Some 80,000 migrants entered SOTA starting on 30th of July over two days
00:16in an incident that left more than 150 people dead at sea.
00:21Vivas met EU commissioners and lawmakers in Brussels,
00:24calling for help to return irregular migrants and restore normality.
00:29He accused Pedro Sánchez's government of failing to respond adequately
00:33while Spain has not blamed Morocco and instead pointed to false claims on social media and human trafficking.
00:40Vivas said SOTA was on the brink of collapse and called for EU financial support for border infrastructure
00:45as well as a permanent presence of Frontex and the EU Asylum Agency.
00:50The EU is financing Morocco's migration strategy with 160 million euros until 2027.
00:58Brussels is set to send a technical mission to SOTA this week to assess the situation.
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