When 40 days have passed since the mass entry into Ceuta, the Ministry of the Interior finally has the Temporary Immigrant Care Center (CATE) ready, through which all the people remaining in the autonomous city must pass to be identified in order to determine their future: return or international protection. The opening of this detention center, with a capacity to accommodate 400 people, marks a turning point in the Government’s plan to manage the crisis, since if Morocco remains willing to accept the — non-voluntary — return of its nationals, the returns should start to gain momentum. Yesterday, while awaiting its opening, dozens of immigrants, who were evicted on Sunday, were once again erecting makeshift huts near the CATE, set up in some warehouses in the Tarajal industrial estate, just meters from the border with Morocco.

The judge of the National Court María Tardón has requested the investigation opened in an ordinary court regarding the Government delegate in Ceuta to incorporate it into the case she is leading for an alleged crime against the territorial integrity of Spain, among others, due to the massive entry of nearly 80,000 people from Morocco on July 30 and 31.

The Prison Surveillance Judge José Luis Castro has rejected the application of the semi-freedom regime to former ETA members Soledad Iparraguirre “Anboto” and Juan Ramón Carasatorre, which means their return to prison.