Spain and Morocco Agree to Expedite Return of Migrants Following Surge in Ceuta
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- El Pais
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Between 1,500 and 2,000 migrants have entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta over the last ten days, leading Spain and Morocco to reach an agreement to expedite the return of those who arrived illegally. The arrivals occurred through various means, including swimming across the strait, jumping border fences, or crossing the El Tarajal breakwater.
Juan Jesús Vivas, the president of Ceuta, has characterized the situation as a humanitarian and social emergency, noting that the influx represents approximately 2 percent of the city's population. Local reception centers are currently over capacity; specifically, the facility for unaccompanied minors is reported to be operating at 2,400 percent of its intended limit.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that his government is fully committed to an immediate response and is coordinating with Moroccan authorities to restore normality. Meanwhile, local political leaders in Ceuta have called for a declaration of national emergency and the deployment of the Spanish Army to secure the border. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP, has described the situation as a national security crisis.
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior attributed the surge to human trafficking networks that are instrumentalizing a recent Supreme Court ruling. This ruling prohibits summary returns for migrants intercepted at sea before they reach land. However, Mauricio Valiente, director of the Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees (CEAR), disputed this claim. He argued that the increase is due to cyclical factors, such as favorable weather and the Ceuta Fair, while warning that returning all migrants violates asylum rights because Morocco is not a safe country.
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Sources
- Centre-right Aftenposten: Thousands have crossed the border illegally from Morocco: Spanish authorities ask the army for help
- Centre-left Der Spiegel: Ceuta: Thousands of people swim from Morocco to the EU enclave
- Centre Deutsche Welle: Ceuta asks Spain to declare emergency over Morocco migrants
- Centre-left El Pais: Morocco refrains before the arrival of thousands of young people in Ceuta
- Centre-left El Pais: Police and civil guards warn of operational collapse in Ceuta due to the massive entry of migrants by swimming: "We are overwhelmed"
- Centre-left El Pais: Spain and Morocco agree to "speed up the procedures" to return people who have entered illegally into Ceuta
- Centre-left El Pais: Chronology | The pincer between the pressure from Morocco and Vox in the intermittent migratory crisis in Ceuta
- Centre-left El Pais: The Supreme Court determined that those who enter by swimming in Ceuta and Melilla cannot be returned immediately
- Centre-left El Pais: Maximum alert in Ceuta after the uncontrolled crossing of thousands of people from Morocco
- Centre-left El Pais: The images of the massive arrival of immigrants at the border of Ceuta with Morocco: swimming and jumping fences
- Centre-right El Tiempo: Videos of the massive arrival of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta that forced authorities to declare 'humanitarian emergency'
- Centre France 24: Hundreds of migrants enter Spain's north African territory Ceuta from Morocco
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Border crossings in Ceuta: Regional president demands military operation because of rush of migrants
- Centre-right Infobae: CEAR warns that returning all migrants from Ceuta undermines the right to asylum
- Centre-right Infobae: Interior agrees with Morocco to speed up the delivery of migrants who enter illegally in Ceuta and blames mafias
- Centre-right Infobae: Spain and Morocco agree on the handover of those who have entered illegally into Ceuta
- Centre-right Infobae: The Government of the Canary Islands supports Ceuta: The response must be from the entire State
- Centre-right Infobae: Ceuta suffers a “collapse” with the entry of thousands of migrants in days: the police try to stop them at the border and the parties ask for the Army
- Centre-right Infobae: Chaos takes hold of the border between Ceuta and Morocco
- Centre-right Infobae: Pedro Sánchez ensures that the Government is preparing together with Morocco the "necessary measures" to "recover normality" in Ceuta after the massive arrival of migrants
- Centre-right Infobae: Spain and Morocco agree on the return "as soon as possible" of "all" migrants who have entered Ceuta illegally
- Centre-right Infobae: Sánchez says he is trying to recover normality after the entry of migrants from Morocco
- Centre-right La Nacion: An avalanche of migrants arriving by swimming from Morocco collapses controls in Ceuta and puts Spain on alert
- Centre-right La Nacion: Videos: the shocking images of the massive arrival of immigrants to the Spanish coast of Ceuta
- Centre-left Le Monde: Spain: more than 1,500 people have arrived from Morocco to Ceuta "these last few days", announce the Spanish regional authorities
- Centre-right Neue Zuercher Zeitung: THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Migration crisis in Europe: Over 1500 migrants swim to Spain
- Centre Reuters: Leader of Spain's Ceuta warns of emergency as 1,500 migrants arrive in one week - Reuters
- Centre-right The Straits Times: Thousands of migrants cross into Spain’s north African enclave Ceuta, overwhelming police
- Centre-right The Straits Times: Migrants cross border into Spain's Ceuta, overwhelming police, Guardia Civil says
- Centre-left elDiarioAR: On foot and swimming, hundreds of migrant people cross the border of Morocco with Spain
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