Police Tell Judge Moroccan Officers Guided Mass Entry Into Ceuta
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Spanish police have told a judge that a large group of migrants entered the Spanish city of Ceuta together in a coordinated way.
Ceuta is a Spanish territory located on the north coast of Africa, close to Morocco.
According to police, Moroccan gendarmes guided the migrants during the mass entry into the city.
Gendarmes are officers who belong to Morocco's security forces.
The police report says the gendarmes were acting under orders from plainclothes agents.
Plainclothes agents are officials who do not wear a police uniform, so they are harder to identify.
The report suggests the entry was not simply about migration.
Migration refers to people moving from one country to live in another.
Instead, police believe there may have been a different goal behind the event.
They describe it as a possible operation organised from the Moroccan side.
An operation is an organised action carried out for a specific purpose.
The judge in charge of the case is now reviewing the police information.
No further details about the exact purpose have been made public.
The case remains under investigation by Spanish authorities.
Vocabulary10 words
- police
- the group whose job is to keep order and stop crime
- judge
- a person who decides cases in a court
- gendarmes
- officers who work for a government's security forces
- plainclothes
- not wearing a uniform, so harder to recognise
- migration
- moving from one country to live in another
- operation
- an organised action done for a specific purpose
- coordinated
- planned so that things happen together
- territory
- an area of land controlled by a country
- authorities
- official people or groups with power to act
- investigation
- a careful study to find out facts
Quiz
Answer key
1. That a large group entered Ceuta in a coordinated way 2. Moroccan gendarmes 3. It may have had a different purpose
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Spanish police have told a _____ that a large group of migrants entered Ceuta together.
Ceuta is a Spanish _____ located on the north coast of Africa.
According to police, Moroccan _____ guided the migrants during the mass entry.
The police report says the gendarmes were acting under orders from _____ agents.
Plainclothes agents are officials who do not wear a police _____.
The report suggests the entry was not simply about _____.
Police believe there may have been a different _____ behind the event.
They describe it as a possible _____ organised from the Moroccan side.
The judge is now reviewing the police _____.
The case remains under _____ by Spanish authorities.