sovereignty was repeatedly

For its part, Spain considers that it has valid legal entitlements to sovereignty pursuant to international law. There are various entitlements for each territory: in the case of the cities, a claim of occupation by the kingdom of Castile (Melilla) and of assignment from Portugal (Ceuta); moreover, Spain’s presence and sovereignty was repeatedly confirmed by the pre-sovereign Moroccan entity, by virtue of treaties signed with Sultans dating back to the 18thcentury. The periodic crises with Morocco, which sometimes leverages territorial questions in other bilateral matters, constitute an objective fact. A flagrant example was the crisis of May 2021: mass immigration was used against Spain as a way of securing foreign policy objectives (the Spanish position on Western Sahara) สล็อต