Spain’s socialist government fired a staff member for having published a timely national security alert during last week’s massive migrant invasion of Ceuta while it occurred, local outlets reported on Monday. The alert, which was reportedly deleted moments after it was published on Thursday, warned Spaniards that over 49,000 illegal migrants had so far stormed into Ceuta. Sources reportedly claimed to El Español that the information disclosed through the alert “was not mean to be public, as it was intended solely for internal use.” The chaotic invasion of the Spanish enclave by tens of thousands of illegal migrants occurred days after the Spanish Supreme Court issued a ruling banning law enforcement officials from conducting pushbacks of illegal migrants at sea. The ruling effectively caused a legal loophole that the massive swarm of illegal migrants sought to exploit and make their way into Spanish territory.