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The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, has requested this Wednesday that Morocco be required, “with due firmness and clarity, to respect” the territorial integrity of Spain and has demanded the return of the migrants who entered at the end of July in accordance with the law. Vivas has emphasized that the autonomous city is “in danger” due to the entry of more than 80,000 people on July 30 and 31 but has made it clear that the city remains “standing” thanks to the “firm determination” of a people “who do not give up, do not sell out, and defend themselves.”

La Casa del Rey has made an unprecedented gesture with Ceuta on the day of the autonomous city amid the very serious migratory crisis it has been suffering since July 30. On its X account, the Zarzuela Palace has published an image of the flags of Ceuta, Spain, and the European Union in the audience hall of the headquarters of the Head of State.

Pedro Sánchez has chosen the path of empathy to face Ceuta Day, a date that this year is hardly festive for its population. With the city still absorbing the impact of the migratory avalanche at the end of July and the tension in its streets running high, the President of the Government has opted for a message of support and self-criticism. He has acknowledged that, until normality is restored, for part of the people of Ceuta the State’s response remains insufficient. And he did so barely 24 hours after the Council of Ministers gave the green light to a financial lifeline of 309 million euros.

The controversial real estate operation by the Community of Madrid to acquire a luxury penthouse without operational justification has added a new chapter of opacity. The government led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso has updated the conditions for the disposal of the controversial property in Chamberí – acquired in April through the public company Planifica Madrid – imposing an unusual restriction in the real estate market as potential buyers have not been and will not be able to visit the property before bidding on it.

The Secretary General of the Popular Party, Miguel Tellado, has called on Wednesday for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, following the publication by El Español of a police report that points to Morocco as responsible for the mass border crossing at the end of July.

PP and Vox seek to escalate the protest over the situation in Ceuta beyond the autonomous city. This Wednesday, the squares of town halls throughout Spain are called to become the scene of support gatherings, coinciding with Ceuta Day, in an initiative of…

At the entrance of the Embolsamiento parking lot, an asphalted area to ease traffic congestion in Ceuta, a huge sign welcomes all vehicles that usually wait for hours before crossing to Morocco: “Honking prohibited, hospital zone.” But there, around the esplanade, equipped with military tents to accommodate immigrants, no honking has been heard for weeks. From the vehicles, police or medical, passing through the Loma Colmenar neighborhood, only siren sounds come out. Also the sound of some shots fired into the air. The noise that drives the neighbors crazy is the constant shouting of hundreds of Moroccans who have settled at the foot of their homes waiting to enter the enclosure to get a bed to sleep.

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has demanded that the director of the National Police, Francisco Pardo, inform him “as soon as possible” about the content of a report that the National Immigration and Borders Center (CENIF) would have sent to the National Court attributing the massive assault on the Ceuta border to Morocco. In a letter sent last night, which La Vanguardia has had access to, the Interior Minister reminds Pardo that, if the information detailing that Moroccan gendarmes planned and executed the entry is true, it should have been “immediately made available to the members of the National Security Council.”

The Federation of Municipalities and Provinces has called for gatherings this evening at 8 PM in front of all municipal offices in Spain in support of Ceuta, which, precisely, celebrates its day today.

Brussels has no evidence of an alleged Russian involvement in a disinformation campaign that would have caused the migration crisis in Ceuta, as claimed by Pedro Sánchez’s government, but it does believe that it is trying to “take advantage” of the complicated situation in which the autonomous city finds itself after the massive crossing it experienced at the end of July.