The TSJA confirms a 60% increase in crime in Ceuta after the migration crisis

The president of the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA), Lorenzo del Río, confirmed this Tuesday that crime has increased by 60% in Ceuta since the massive entry of immigrants at the end of July.

Thus, since August, violations have increased by 60% compared to August and September of last year. This was stated by Del Río in an interview on Canal Sur radio collected by Europa Press.

In anticipation of this "possible exponential increase in crime" in the autonomous city, the TSJA reinforced the courts there. Specifically, number 4 - with jurisdiction over violence against women - has already doubled its judicial staff. Asked if a new reinforcement of troops will be necessary, Lorenzo del Río pointed out that the "problem" in Ceuta is not judicial right now but "humanitarian, social and political" and "on this issue, Justice cannot intervene to resolve it."

From the judicial field, the senior prosecutor of Andalusia, as well as Ceuta and Melilla, Ana Tárrago, has conveyed a message of "solidarity" with "the city of Ceuta, because it is going through a difficult, complex, unbearable situation" after the "massive assault of people on its border" that occurred at the end of last July.

The people of Ceuta have been like this for "more than a month and a half," the prosecutor stressed before highlighting that said autonomous Spanish city "does not have the capacity to withstand this problem nor, furthermore, is it the one that has to be resolved." That said, Tárrago has stated that "a quick, urgent decision is necessary from the Government, international organizations and international agreements."