# Spanish opposition demands navy deployment over Morocco incursions

> Conservative leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo calls for military action after unconfirmed reports of Moroccan patrol boat in Ceuta waters.
- Title: Spanish opposition demands navy deployment over Morocco…
- Summary: Conservative leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo calls for military action after unconfirmed reports of Moroccan patrol boat in Ceuta waters. Spain's opposition…
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- Source: POLITICO — https://politico.eu/article/spain-is-not-for-sale-feijoo-calls-for-navy-to-be-deployed-in-ceuta
- Published: 2026-10-16T11:53:37+00:00
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- Topics: alberto núñez feijóo, people's party, ceuta, morocco, spain, naval deployment, border tensions, pedro sánchez, politics, world
## Opposition leader demands navy deployment
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain's conservative People's Party, called Friday for the navy to be sent to Ceuta following unconfirmed reports of a Moroccan patrol boat in the exclave's waters Thursday.

> Spain is not for sale. Spain defends itself.
## Feijóo's four-point response plan
Feijóo demanded the navy be deployed to the area, the Moroccan ambassador summoned, Spain's ambassador in Rabat recalled for consultations, and explanations demanded from Moroccan authorities.

> Morocco's repeated incursions into Spanish waters are not isolated incidents, but rather a pattern of aggression that demands a firm response.
## Tensions escalate over Ceuta crisis
Feijóo's calls follow more than seventy thousand migrants arriving in Ceuta in late July and unconfirmed reports of Moroccan warships entering Spanish waters.
## King Felipe VI reaffirms Spanish sovereignty
In a landmark visit to the exclaves this week, King Felipe VI said Ceuta and Melilla were an inalienable part of Spain and that sovereignty and territorial integrity are not negotiable.

> The sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country are not negotiable.
## Key takeaway

Spain's opposition leader demands the navy be deployed to Ceuta after reports of a Moroccan patrol boat in Spanish waters, escalating tensions over the disputed exclave.