The Government, through the Ministry of Youth and Childhood, and the autonomous communities have unanimously approved the extraordinary credit of 25 million euros announced by the central Executive last Tuesday for the care of migrant children in Ceuta. It was the only formal agenda item of the Sectoral Commission on Childhood and Adolescence held this Thursday in Madrid, chaired by the minister in charge, Sira Rego. But the ministry has also proposed the transfer of around 500 migrant minor girls hosted in Ceuta to NGOs on the Peninsula, with the aim of addressing the situation of “urgency and special vulnerability” of these minors, while mitigating the political controversy surrounding the distribution of immigrants and the complaints from the territories, which denounce the “saturation” situation experienced by their reception systems.

Dozens of Ceuta residents stormed the Trampolín beach this Thursday and destroyed and burned the improvised migrant camp set up in the area.

The Government, that is, Pedro Sánchez, has already broken the tie in the war of versions between the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, and the head of the Interior portfolio, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. He has done so in favor of the latter. The press release from the Government delegation in…

Wednesday’s great flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has already left hundreds dead and over a thousand missing, including many foreigners. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs currently has no record of any fatalities, but does count four missing Spaniards who have not been located.

Ceuta is a pressure cooker. The atmosphere that permeated this Wednesday’s massive mobilization against the crisis management suggests it could explode. Thousands of Ceutans, with the Spanish flag as a common denominator, gathered late in the afternoon in front of the Government Delegation – where the sole commander, Minister Ángel Víctor Torres, was located – to clamor for their city, “which is not for sale, but defended.” Weariness is giving way to anger. Concern to exasperation. “Invaders [referring to the immigrants who entered in an avalanche], expulsion,” chanted the majority. “Go get them,” shouted the minority, while running after some North Africans who are still wandering the streets.