The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, has asked the Government to install a detention center for immigrants to confine the between 8,000 and 11,000 people who, according to his calculations, are still in the autonomous city until they are expelled, and the creation of “a single command” to provide an “effective” response to a situation he has described as “unbearable, unsustainable and unacceptable” resulting from the “invasion” of July 30.
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In a meeting held this Monday with the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, Vivas demanded a State plan aimed at “restoring normality” in Ceuta, a normality that, in his opinion, can only be restored by returning the streets to the situation prior to “the invasion” and expelling those who participated in it and are still in the city.
To achieve these objectives, according to Vivas, it is urgent to enable a space that acts as a detention center for foreigners so that these people can be detained and remain “confined” there until they are expelled. “It will be ensured that their vital needs are met, that they are not on the streets, and that expulsion proceedings are processed more easily,” he told reporters.
“I have requested a single command from the national Government tasked with coordinating and directing the steps to carry out this plan,” announced the president of Ceuta, who also requested more resources and personnel in the areas of immigration, justice, the Prosecutor’s Office, and police to facilitate expulsion proceedings, and in the health area because, as he acknowledged, Ceuta is “overwhelmed.”
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For the president of Ceuta, the presence on the streets of these people, who represent 10% more than the population that was in the city before the massive entry, “affects security, poses a high risk to coexistence, and disrupts the ordinary functioning of services.”
Likewise, Vivas has considered it “absolutely essential” to convey an “unequivocal” message from the Government that “the border is guaranteed in terms of security.” “This cannot happen again, neither on the 15th nor ever,” the leader concluded in relation to reports indicating that there could be a new massive assault on the border in mid-month.
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