Tens of Thousands in Spain Protest Ceuta Border Crisis
Protesters blamed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after about 5,000 migrants, including 1,200 minors, remained in Ceuta weeks after the border rush.
- On Wednesday, Sept. 2, tens of thousands protested across Spain over the government's handling of Ceuta's humanitarian crisis, with more than 50,000 rallying in Madrid and demonstrators demanding Prime Minister Pedro resign.
- About 72,000 people scrambled into the Spanish territory neighboring Morocco in late July, with at least 90 dying in the effort and straining resources in Ceuta, a city of about 84,000 residents.
- Around 5,000 migrants, including 1,200 minors, remain in Ceuta weeks later, prompting the government to earmark 309 million euros for social services, housing, and security this week.
- Vivas, Ceuta's leading official, vowed to pursue "normality" and urged the central government to reinforce the border with Morocco, warning that migration risks being used as a "tool for political ends."
- Prime Minister Pedro alleged that social media accounts linked to Russia and Israel exploited the crisis, though Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova rejected the claims without presenting evidence.
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Protesters gathered in several cities across the country to protest Madrid's management of the migration crisis that hit the enclave last July.
At least 50,000 people have taken to the streets in Madrid. The demonstrations are aimed at showing support for Ceuta and fiercely criticizing the government.
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Thousands of residents of Ceuta have taken to the streets to protest the government's handling of the migrant crisis in the Spanish exclave. Demonstrations also took place elsewhere in Spain.
Madrid/Barcelona/Ceuta, 2 Sep (EFE).- Thousands of people have demonstrated this Tuesday in several Spanish localities in support of the inhabitants of the Spanish city of Ceuta (in North Africa) and in protest of the crisis unleashed by the entry of more than 70,000 migrants on July 30 and 31. [...] The entry Thousands of people demonstrate in Spain to show their support for the inhabitants of Ceuta was first published in HolaNews.
Thousands of people have demonstrated throughout Spain in support of Ceuta in the face of the migratory crisis in the autonomous city. Mass demonstration in Ceuta in Madrid and Barcelona: hours, where it is, route and cut streets.
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