Video. How Migration Is Reshaping the Political Debate in Spain's Ceuta
- Ahead of the November 29 general election, the migration crisis in Ceuta is complicating Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's re-election bid. The Spanish North African enclave remains unstable more than two months after the surge.
- Upwards of 70,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on July 30 and 31, prompting widespread public criticism of Sanchez's handling; a September poll found 63 percent of Spaniards rated his response negatively.
- Residents feel abandoned by the government's inaction. Civil servant Ruben Gonzalez stated, "We feel abandoned here," while others demand a firmer stance on migration and sovereignty over the territory.
- Popular Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo and Vox leader Santiago Abascal visited Ceuta, pledging to restore "normality" and placing "immigration, the crisis in Ceuta, Morocco and corruption" at the campaign's center.
- Left-Wing parties attempt to pivot national debate toward housing and social issues, as the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal has shifted focus away from the Ceuta migration crisis.
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This is the same amount, for example, as the Ministry of Science announced to fund contracts and aid for health research in 2026.
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El Faro de CeutaIn a report, the expenditure for cleaning, environment and critical facilities is estimated at 31.7 million and for health and social services at 9.9 million.
The report prepared by the Ministry of Finance breaks down the needs that have had to be met in this five-month period.
The data correspond to the "extraordinary needs" in different public services following the events of 30 and 31 July
The Vivas government spent 31.7 million on beach cleaning and reclamation and 1.48 M on strengthening "school security." More information: The civil guard who opened the Ceuta fence on the day of the invasion declares to the judge that the decision was his
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Thousands of people from Morocco have crossed this Thursday irregularly through the border spurt to Ceuta, which joins thousands more registered swimming in the last few days and to which the central government works for the "delivery" of all these people to the neighboring country.
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