Madrid (Spain), 10 Aug. (LaPresse) – The President of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, of the People’s Party, stated that the events of 30 July, with the mass arrival of thousands of migrants, “was an invasion” and that “it must not happen again, neither on 15 August nor ever again”. Vivas therefore urged the Spanish government to send a “clear message” that “border security is guaranteed”. “On 30 July we saw that the border was in the hands of a third country”; this “must not happen again, neither on 15 August nor ever.” Spain has the means and the capacity to guarantee the security and territorial integrity of Ceuta and the rest of the country,” said Vivas at a press briefing following his meeting with the Spanish Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres. The President of Ceuta stated that he estimates there are still between 8,000 and 11,000 migrants in the autonomous city, whilst emphasising, however, that this is not a precise figure, and called for a detention centre for migrants to be opened so that they do not remain on the streets, and for repatriation procedures to be streamlined.
Migrants: Ceuta’s president says, “The invasion must not be repeated; the government must act”
Madrid (Spain), 10 Aug. (LaPresse) – The President of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, of the People’s Party, stated that the events of 30 July, with the mass arrival of thousands of migrants, “was an invasion” and that “it must not happen again, neither on 15 August nor ever again”. Vivas therefore urged the Spanish government to send a “clear message” that “border security is guaranteed”. “On 30 July we saw that the border was in the hands of a third country”; this “must not happen again, neither on 15 August nor ever.” Spain has the means and the capacity to guarantee the security and territorial integrity of Ceuta and the rest of the country,” said Vivas at a press briefing following his meeting with the Spanish Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres. The President of Ceuta stated that he estimates there are still between 8,000 and 11,000 migrants in the autonomous city, whilst emphasising, however, that this is not a precise figure, and called for a detention centre for migrants to be opened so that they do not remain on the streets, and for repatriation procedures to be streamlined.