The crisis of irregular migrants in Ceuta is worsening and is costing taxpayers 500 million euros

This development came in light of the escalation of the security and humanitarian crisis resulting from the mass influx of irregular migrants coming from Morocco.

The local newspaper El Faro de Ceuta reported that distress calls to emergency services had jumped by 150 percent since the start of this wave.

In light of the worsening situation, the Spanish newspaper "El Mundo" revealed that this crisis has cost taxpayers nearly 500 million euros so far. The financial authorities in the enclave also expressed their huge logistical deficit, noting that only 14 computers are available to try to register thousands of migrants, which prompted a local council member to warn that they "are still ignorant of the true and dangerous dimensions of this crisis."

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For his part, local representative Javier Zelaya accused the authorities of complete inaction, stressing that the government has not yet signed any deportation order for irregular immigrants.

Zelaya held the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez directly responsible for what he described as "plunging the region into months of uncertainty, lack of security, deteriorating health conditions, and escalating social tension."

These developments come in the wake of the infiltration of more than 70,000 irregular migrants into Ceuta since late July, with estimates indicating that about 7,000 of them remain inside the enclave until now. This explosive situation has ignited widespread public anger, prompting observers and journalists to warn that the Ceuta crisis may turn into a “cemetery for the political system of Prime Minister Sanchez,” at a time when various Spanish cities are witnessing mass demonstrations demanding his immediate resignation due to his management of this file.