The Government Delegation in Madrid has informed the City Council of the capital this Wednesday of the prohibition to hold the rally scheduled for this Wednesday in support of Ceuta in front of the City Hall, in the Plaza de Cibeles.
Since the massive crossing on July 30 and 31, during which more than 70,000 people entered Ceuta, 214 immigrants have been expelled to Morocco for committing crimes, according to a report from the Ministry of the Interior. Police sources detail that three of the expelled had records for crimes related to jihadist terrorism. Additionally, between August 10 and 31 of the same month, 3,519 people have voluntarily returned to Morocco, which still has the return door open at the Tarajal crossing. These voluntary returns would be the continuous trickle following the wave of returns on the first weekend after the assault, when 90% of the people who entered irregularly returned to their country.
The Government has categorically denied that Pedro Sánchez has made any reproach towards King Felipe VI for not having visited Ceuta yet, a month after the massive influx that overwhelmed the autonomous city.
The Government of the Generalitat will present today the events of the Diada of the Eleventh of September of this year, which marks the 50th anniversary since the recovery of this festivity after the death of Franco. The socialist Executive will dedicate the celebration to the diversity of Catalonia, where identity is born from diversity, plurality, and coexistence.
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.
With great caution to avoid any misstep, as was the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE) of the list of Ceuta sports centers that could be transformed into reception centers, the Government is moving forward to remove all immigrants who continue to spend the night on the streets a month after the border assault. In the ministries involved in managing the crisis, they perceive that the population has given a truce – largely due to the fear that their legitimate protest might be linked to ultra-violence – so the plan has been accelerated before any spark can once again bring Ceuta to the brink of social unrest. The strategy, which remains firm, involves enabling up to 6,000 beds in various locations around the city, so the transfer of adults to the Peninsula is ruled out at this stage. With it, according to those convinced in Moncloa, three priorities would be achieved: providing a humanitarian response, reducing neighborhood discontent, and speeding up the return processes. It remains to be seen if the time to complete the plan matches the patience of Ceuta. And of the immigrants.