Spain’s Rush to Clear Ceuta Migrant Backlog Raises Rights Concerns
- Eight charities including Oxfam and Amnesty International filed a complaint last week with Spain's ombudsman alleging "grave rights violations" in Ceuta, Europe's only land border with Africa, citing forced returns and denial of interpreters.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces intense pressure from the EU and domestic critics ahead of a November 29 snap election, prompting his government to expedite asylum applications with the intention of sending most people home to Morocco.
- Police union representative Raul Piera estimates roughly 7,000 migrants remain scattered across the 84,000-person enclave, with only around 100 cases registered daily by October 14 due to severe resource shortages in Ceuta.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska denied allegations of covert removals this week, stating "there are no covert deportations under any circumstances," while the government reported 12,000 migrants chose to return since mid-August.
- Advocates warn that returning vulnerable migrants like 19-year-old Moroccan Rayane and the family of Fatna poses significant safety risks, as many classified as vulnerable under EU law remain in limbo awaiting asylum decisions.
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The Spanish police union SUP warns that up to 90 percent of Moroccan illegal migrants seeking asylum in Ceuta are now citing persecution based on their sexual orientation. After a mass influx of more than 80,000 migrants at the end of July, illegals initially cited unemployment, poverty, family reunification or a desire to play football when applying for asylum. Border officials […] The post Nine out of ten illegal migrants claim to be homosexua…
Ceutí president denounces an “alarming passivity” of the executive and assures that the city is still very far from recovering normality almost three months after the migration crisis
The Ceuti president argues that water consumption reveals an increase in population of between 15,000 and 17,000 people and criticizes the city's continued use of...
In Ceuta, it seems that more and more migrants are calling for persecution because of their sexual orientation in their asylum applications. Police circles suspect that migrants want to increase their chances of granting their application.
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