Spain moves to speed up return of migrants stranded in Ceuta
- On Tuesday, Spain's cabinet approved a "single command" for Ceuta led by Territorial Policy Minister Angel Víctor Torres to accelerate migrant returns following the July influx from Morocco.
- More than 70,000 migrants entered the enclave in late July, swimming or crossing on foot from Morocco; most have since returned, but between 3,500 and 7,000 remain in Ceuta.
- Local residents have complained about insecurity and hygiene problems linked to homeless migrants, prompting the government to announce reception centres for 1,800 migrants last week.
- Torres told reporters the command prioritizes "the return and repatriation of the greatest possible number of people, adults and minors," while respecting Spanish law and human rights.
- While facing demands from the conservative Popular Party to return all migrants, Torres warned that those advocating such solutions "out of populism or to scrape together a few votes are mistaken.
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For almost a month, Pedro Sánchez's government has tried to downplay the magnitude of the Ceuta crisis with two main points: the vast majority of migrants who entered from Morocco had quickly returned, and the city was moving toward "normality." A key figure supported this narrative: Fernando Grande-Marlaska claimed that 70,000 of the 72,000 migrants who had crossed the border had already returned. In other words, barely 2,000 had not. Read more
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lrytas.ltThe Spanish government took action on Tuesday to speed up the return of thousands of migrants still in the Spanish territory of Ceuta after a mass influx from Morocco in July.
Madrid declared for the first time a state of emergency for national security in the enclave and seeks to accelerate the return of thousands of migrants
The Executive now admits that the crisis has overflowed Ceuta and gives itself four months to resolve a situation that already has the Ceutis on the edge.
A coordinating body is to organise deportations of migrants without a claim for protection in Ceuta more quickly. The government assures to comply with applicable law.
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