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The European Commission makes it clear that EU law supports the return of all migrants who crossed the fence in Ceuta at the end of July, including unaccompanied minors. This was emphasized by its Interior spokesperson, Markus Lammert, who recalled that EU law does provide for their return and assured that the priority of the European Commission is for the Moroccan authorities to “maintain control of the situation and ensure the rapid return of all persons who remain irregularly” in the autonomous city.

The judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz has ordered this morning a new dump of the mobile phone of Juanma Serrano, former chief of staff of Pedro Sánchez and former president of Correos. Serrano is under investigation in the so-called Leire case, referring to Leire Díez, known as the plumber of the PSOE, which is being investigated for alleged crimes of fraud, document falsification, embezzlement, influence peddling, and malfeasance.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo has taken advantage of the inauguration of a photographic exhibition dedicated to Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo on the occasion of the centenary of his birth – his first event with the media in two weeks – to accuse the central government of being “absent, inert, and indifferent to the interests, security, integrity, and sovereignty of the Spanish people” following the massive entry of immigrants into Ceuta.

On July 30, about 80,000 foreigners arrived in Ceuta. Almost 20 days later, between 5,000 and 10,000 still remain in a city that usually has 89,000 inhabitants. Doctors, nurses, and social services are overwhelmed. Judges, too. That is why the Standing Committee of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) has requested reinforcements to “address the migration crisis.”

The Ministry of the Interior has raised on Tuesday to 2,168 the number of unaccompanied migrant minors registered in Ceuta since July 30. This means that the National Police have located, identified, and placed at the disposal of the government of the city of Ceuta 2,168 boys from the beginning of the migration crisis until 9 a.m. this Tuesday.

The Government enters a new phase in managing the Ceuta crisis, where humanitarian care for the people who entered irregularly in a rush becomes a priority over the threat at the border, once Morocco has demonstrated its firm control of the line.

The Partido Popular took a new step this Monday in its offensive against the Government’s management of the Ceuta crisis. The Deputy Secretary of Institutional Regeneration, Cuca Gamarra, has announced the submission to Congress of a non-legislative proposal (PNL) with eleven measures to “restore normality” in the autonomous city, including the activation of the National Security Law and the establishment of a single State command to assume coordination of the response.

In the eye of the hurricane due to the failed acquisition of a luxury penthouse through a regional public company of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso starred this Monday in a new attempt to regain control of the agenda. She did so in the vineyards of the Las Moradas de San Martín winery, in San Martín de Valdeiglesias, where she traveled to stage the region’s recovery after the devastating fires suffered in July. Although the president did not hesitate to sideline regional issues to resort, once again, to her best-known formula: shifting the focus of the controversies of her own management towards Pedro Sánchez.

The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, announced after an in-person meeting with the President of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, that this Monday four new humanitarian care centers will be deployed on a “temporary and extraordinary” basis to provide services to immigrants who have been in the autonomous city since the end of July. The Government spokesperson also specified that the opening of these spaces will allow for housing 1,500 migrants.

The president of Ceuta, the popular Juan Jesús Vivas, has reiterated his criticisms of the Government, which he has accused of “whitewashing the reality” that the autonomous city is experiencing, and has announced that he will turn to “other State instances,” including the judiciary, if the Executive does not resolve the crisis within 30 days.