Spain Says More Than 12,700 People Have Returned to Morocco from Ceuta since August
Spain's Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory said on October 20 that more than 12,700 people have returned to Morocco from Ceuta since August 10, and that most adult migrants remaining in the city are now housed in resources provided by the central administration.
Government spokesperson Elma Saiz gave fuller figures after the Council of Ministers: 12,705 returns in total, of which 12,142 were voluntary and 536 were expulsions; the central administration has provided 7,477 temporary accommodation places; 5,237 security personnel are deployed in Ceuta; and 83 percent of migrants in the facilities are vaccinated.
The ministry the same day formally answered a prior request filed in September by Ceuta's president, Juan Jesús Vivas, detailing the central government's actions on security, regulated spaces, screening and faster return procedures after the mass entries of July 30-31, and rejecting the request. The issue stems from this summer's mass swim entries at the Ceuta border.
Source: 西班牙领土政策与民主记忆部
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Photo: 图：休达非洲圣母教堂。Diego Delso 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: The Church of Our Lady of Africa in Ceuta. Photo by Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
