Spain’s king and queen visit Ceuta as territory grapples with protracted migration crisis
The royal couple will honor migrants who died in the July crossing and back Ceuta’s institutions as Spain and Morocco trade diplomatic barbs.
- King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Ceuta on Tuesday, marking the Spanish monarchy's first visit to the North African enclave amid its deadliest migration crisis this year.
- Historical divisions between Muslim and Christian communities have intensified as about 80,000 migrants crossed Ceuta's border in July, with residents reporting feeling abandoned by Spain's central government.
- Demonstrators have established makeshift camps outside government buildings, with one resident asking, "What do they want? That we feed all of Ceuta?" Local business owners expressed frustration with the ongoing situation.
- Spanish police and thousands of soldiers have been deployed to patrol the city center and border areas, though volunteers providing food assistance report receiving threats from residents.
- Residents await the royal visit skeptically, questioning whether the monarchy's presence will prompt meaningful policy changes amid ongoing political inaction that continues fueling community tensions.
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For the first time in his life King Felipe VI sets foot on the ground of the Spanish slaves. There he and his wife Letizia had been eagerly awaited after the migration crisis of the summer. For the royal house in campaign times a delicate mission.
The king of Spain Felipe VI and queen Letizia visited Melilla this Wednesday, the next day on their visit to Ceuta. This is the first royal visit to the city since Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia in November 2007.
On Tuesday, Ceuta received the first official visit of the kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, since the monarch assumed the head of the state, in 2014, which became a mass bath with constant appeals to the “Spanishness” of the autonomous city, which is immersed in a migratory crisis after the massive influx of 72,000 people last July from Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa, in which 142 people died.
Spain's king visits Melilla after defending sovereignty over North African territories
MELILLA, Spain — Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Melilla on Wednesday, a day after visiting Ceuta, where the monarch defended Spanish sovereignty over the...
(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = The King and Queen of Spain [visited] North African countries that suffered great turmoil this summer due to a large-scale influx of migrants crossing the border...
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