Most arrived by swimming, although some entered on foot. Between 5,000 and 8,000 immigrants of Moroccan and sub-Saharan origin have been staying for two weeks on the beaches and streets of Ceuta. Many are minors. The Moroccan government demands the return of its children. The Spanish government assures that all will be repatriated. But the days go by and the immigrant settlements are consolidating in the autonomous city. Why is it so difficult to expel from Spanish territory the people who arrived irregularly?

The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, has insisted that her country will continue “tightening” surveillance in anticipation of a supposed massive arrival of migrants to the autonomous city of Ceuta this coming Saturday and insisted that the “vast majority” of European countries share the drastic measures adopted by her Government, such as the suspension of the Schengen agreement with Spain.

The Moroccan authorities have activated an exceptional security operation in the north of the country to neutralize the calls widely spread on social networks, which incite a new massive entry into the autonomous city of Ceuta tomorrow, August 15, after the one led by more than 70,000 people two weeks ago. “The Ceuta border will be open on the 15th, a holiday in Spain,” some of these messages state.