Ceuta Leader Wants Migrant Detention Centre After Influx
Vivas says 8,000 to 11,000 migrants remain in Ceuta and urges an internment center as food, water and shelter shortages persist.
- On Monday, Ceuta's Popular Party leader Juan Jesus Vivas demanded the detention and expulsion of thousands of migrants, calling the situation "unsustainable" and urging creation of an urgent internment center.
- Some 72,000 migrants breached the border during an unprecedented rush on July 30 and 31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco according to Spanish government figures.
- Thousands of residents gathered on Sunday to protest the handling of the crisis, saying the territory of 84,000 inhabitants feels insecure and abandoned while migrants struggle to access food, water, and shelter.
- Spain's leftist central government faces a political battle with the Popular Party and Vox over unaccompanied children, with both parties resisting relocation under existing legal provisions.
- Angel Victor Torres, the Spanish government minister for relations with the regions, assured residents that police and troop numbers increased 40 percent with more Civil Guards, adding that reuniting children with families was "the priority.
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Ceuta leader wants migrant detention centre after influx
Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush on July 30-31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish government figures. But the thousands who remain -- including hundreds of unaccompanied children who cannot be summarily deported -- struggle to access food, water, shelter and sanitation while the tiny enclave's resources are overwhelmed. Their future has sparked a political battle betwee…
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