The Mediterranean route is now the main entry point for irregular immigration by sea in Spain, a reversal of the situation in the Canary Islands that reflects the growing increase of the Algerian route. Until August 15, the peninsular coasts had recorded 5,152 arrivals by sea, compared to 4,808 registered in the Canary Islands. That is 344 more people, when just a year ago the situation was radically different: the Canary archipelago accumulated 11,883 arrivals compared to 3,928 on the Peninsula, according to the official statistics from the Ministry of the Interior.

The Government held an almost monographic meeting of the Council of Ministers this Tuesday to mitigate the economic and social impact caused by the migration crisis unleashed at the end of July in Ceuta and approved this Tuesday an Urgent Measures Royal Decree-law that will mobilize 309 million euros in the remainder of 2026 — to which another 50 million in ICO guarantee lines are added. It is an unprecedented injection equivalent to 16% of Ceuta’s Gross Domestic Product to be executed in just four months. The regulation not only seeks to immediately protect the productive fabric and social peace in the North African city, but also permanently extends part of its tax and labor advantages to Melilla in a clear exercise of preventive containment.

The PSOE has reactivated judicial activity by submitting to the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz, in charge of the ‘Leire case’, a document in which it requests that the bank data to be provided about 12 accounts linked to the party only be visible to the Prosecutor’s Office, as it may affect people who are not under investigation.

The Government of Catalonia has approved in this Tuesday’s Executive Council the awarding of the Gold Medal of the Generalitat to chef Ferran Adrià (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1962) and to the physicist and director of the ALBA Synchrotron Caterina Biscari (Sicily, 1957). With this award, Salvador Illa’s Executive wants to recognize two “extraordinary” careers that have “projected Catalonia into the world” in the fields of gastronomy, innovation, and science.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday asked Spain for evidence of its alleged involvement in a disinformation campaign that would have caused the migration crisis in the autonomous city of Ceuta, as hinted yesterday by the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.