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Guardia Civil Confirms 15 Rapes in Ceuta

Guardia Civil confirms 15 rapes in Ceuta following mass migrant influx, with victims including minors; courts have remanded some suspects and ordered others expelled.

  • On Friday night, Guardia Civil GRS officers arrested a man on Calle Lisboa for the alleged rape of a young woman after residents alerted police to the assault.
  • The arrest follows an unprecedented border crisis after 72,000 to 80,000 migrants breached Ceuta's borders during a mass invasion on July 30, with thousands remaining in the Spanish enclave.
  • Authorities report that Courts are handling at least six sexual assault cases connected to recent migrant arrivals, while the Spanish Guardia Civil has confirmed 15 rapes in Ceuta since the crossing.
  • Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has ordered officials to seek immediate judicial expulsion for any migrant committing an offense, while Courts have remanded nine migrants in custody and ordered two others expelled.
  • Spain has deployed more than 500 additional Police officers to manage the crisis, while authorities have identified about 1,800 unaccompanied minors and fitted them with identification bracelets.
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Although many of the migrants have reportedly left Ceuta again, problems remain in the Spanish exclave. According to police, 15 rapes and several other crimes have been committed in less than three weeks.

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Spanish police in Ceuta have received 15 reports of rape by migrants since the start of the migration crisis, the Spanish Unified Police Union (SUP) said on Sunday. The last reported case took place on Friday. However, the information released by the police union was disputed on Sunday by Spanish Health Minister Mónica Garcí, who said five women had been treated for sexual assault in Ceuta.

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Minors, adolescents, and women take refuge in the cars of the National Police in the environment of CETI to protect themselves from rapists. More information: Rabat avoids a second assault on Ceuta with a large police and military deployment: Spain places armored in the Tarajal

·Spain
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Atypical and tense festive day that is lived in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Two weeks after the entry of thousands of immigrants, the border of the Tarajal is taken,...

·Madrid, Spain
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gaceta.es broke the news on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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