Ceuta Residents Fault Spain Over 70,000-Migrant Surge Fears as Border Reinforcements Fail to Reassure
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Ceuta Residents Fault Spain Over 70,000-Migrant Surge Fears as Border Reinforcements Fail to Reassure
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Summary
Ceuta residents say Madrid has not done enough to stop another mass crossing from Morocco after about 70,000 migrants entered the enclave on July 30, leaving locals fearful and frustrated.
Aug. 15 social media calls for a new rush prompted Spain and Morocco to add police and strengthen barriers, but residents and journalist Javier Negre said the measures still look insufficient.
Juan Jesús Vivas, Ceuta’s mayor-president, told a European Parliament committee the earlier surge endangered public safety and health, strained immigration infrastructure and badly damaged public morale.
The anxiety revives memories of May 2021, when 10,000 people entered Ceuta after Moroccan border controls appeared to ease, an episode the European Parliament later condemned as retaliation tied to Western Sahara tensions.