Madrid, 'over 12,700 migrants returned to Morocco from Ceuta'

Approximately 12,700 migrants have returned to Morocco from Ceuta since 10 August, of which 12,142 with voluntary returns and 536 through expulsions. Government spokeswoman Elma Saiz reported this today in the press conference following the Council of Ministers.

Saiz reported that 7,477 reception places have been set up in temporary structures in the exclave, following the mass arrivals of over 70,000 migrants on 30 and 31 July, the majority of whom have returned to Morocco. While 3,331 minor migrants have been identified and included in the protection system of the autonomous city in North Africa. Of these, 107 were transferred to mainland Spain for family reunification and 181 were reallocated to other Spanish regions, while 63 reunification procedures with their families of origin were sent to Morocco.

On the security front, Saiz explained that 5,237 officers remain deployed in Ceuta and 11,375 surveillance and information patrols were carried out.

In the healthcare sector, 83% of the migrants hosted in the facilities were vaccinated. Of the 211 hospital beds available in the exclave, 100 are occupied, 20 of which are by migrants. While school attendance in Ceuta stands at around 90%, a figure which - according to the spokeswoman - "is within normality".