This Thursday afternoon, Ceuta has suspended the cleaning and disinfection operation planned for Trampolín beach after around 500 migrants have returned to the settlement hours after the transfer of the more than 1,200 people who were spending the night in this enclave to two new reception resources enabled in the city was completed. As reported by the autonomous Administration, the work, started mid-morning by the Ministry of the Environment, Urban Services and Housing, has been temporarily paralyzed after the return of dozens of people to the site, apparently to collect or search for personal belongings.
The Junta de Andalucía has committed this Thursday to helping the socioeconomic recovery of Ceuta with measures to promote tourism in the autonomous city, the promotion of investment projects and collaboration between ports. The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, has appeared together with the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, who visited the city this Thursday, and has valued the support of Andalusia and its president for the autonomous city after the migratory crisis at the end of July, as well as the package of initiatives that both administrations are preparing to contribute to the economic and social recovery of Ceuta.
The president of Melilla, Juan José Imbroda, has highlighted the defense that the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, made this Wednesday of the Spanishness of Ceuta and Melilla during his visit to the former. The first authority from Melilla has highlighted the "warning" that the leader of the Popular Party issued to Morocco "regarding the unequivocal nature of our Spanish sovereignty, telling him this far we have come, but, above all, also extending his hand" so that Spain and Morocco are "true friends" and "one hundred percent loyal."
The Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) has warned this Thursday about sexual and gender violence against migrant women in Ceuta, since "it cannot be considered an isolated event or a collateral effect of the crisis, but rather a structural determinant of health." According to a statement from the SEE, the border crisis that began in Ceuta has once again highlighted the difficulties in detecting and addressing situations of sexual and gender violence in migrant women and girls.
The Government has charged this Thursday against the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, for causing "shame" with his immigration speech in the Ceuta crisis which, in the opinion of the Minister for Digital Transformation and the Public Service, Óscar López, is already "impossible to distinguish" that of the "ultra-right" of Vox. López has asked the PP to "understand" that "Spain is a modern and advanced country, one of the most advanced in the world."
The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, will appear at her own request on Monday, August 31 in the Congress of Deputies to report on the actions carried out by the Ministry of Equality after the massive entry of migrants on July 30 and 31 in Ceuta. Redondo's request to appear takes place after the PP this Thursday demanded that the minister be held accountable in the Lower House to explain the measures adopted in response to the "increase" in sexual assaults in the autonomous city.
The leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has warned of "the public health crisis" that Ceuta is experiencing after holding a meeting with the president of the College of Nursing and with the president of the College of Doctors of the autonomous city. Feijóo has pointed out that the president of the College of Nursing and the president of the College of Physicians of Ceuta conveyed to them at that meeting the "concern that exists in the health community about the risk of transmission of infectious diseases."
The ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, has opened an investigation after admitting to processing the complaint presented by the Official College of Physicians of Ceuta (Comce) regarding the health and care situation that the city is going through as a consequence of the current migration crisis. Gabilondo has contacted the president of Comce, Enrique Roviralta, to convey his concern about the situation exposed by Ceuta health professionals.
The cleaning operation launched this Thursday on the Ceuta beach of El Trampolín after the eviction of the settlement has had to be temporarily paralyzed after dozens of people who had been transferred this morning returned to the enclave, apparently to search or collect personal belongings. The autonomous city has indicated that work cannot be resumed until the necessary conditions are met to carry out the operation with due safety guarantees for the workers in charge of cleaning.
The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, assured this Thursday that the number of asylum files that the National Police processes since the mass entry is "between 25 and 30 a day." "At this rate, people who have arrived for at least a year would not leave Ceuta," the popular baron warned. "Ceuta cannot last a year in this situation," he said during the appearance offered at the Autonomous Palace together with the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno.
After the transfer of the people who had been on Trampolín beach for three weeks, it is essential to ensure that those under 18 years of age are identified, the NGO Save The Children has considered. "Our local teams and organizations had already detected the presence of minors," they acknowledged. They have also defended that "access to the international protection procedure must be guaranteed."
"This has been a violation of the integrity of Europe," Juanma Moreno defined, regarding the massive arrival of migrants on July 30, and has asked for reinforcement and forcefulness from the EU for Ceuta. He assures that the objective is for all those who entered illegally to leave in the shortest possible time. "That all the people who entered Spain illegally have to return to the starting point, to Morocco."
Juan Jesús Vivas appears: "Everything that is done to address the humanitarian emergency and the people of Ceuta, seems good to me. If there is a supportive and humanitarian population, it is Ceuta," Vivas began by saying, "Let's not forget that the people of Ceuta also have rights and to live as they lived before July 30 and to live normally." The president of Ceuta has assured that what happened is an invasion of Spanish territory, and has asked that all migrants be returned to the country from which they arrived.
The Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, recalled that Andalusia shares the southern border with Ceuta and Melilla, where his administration, he said, lacks "strong support from the national government." Regarding the losses that the autonomous city is suffering, Moreno says that it must assume the costs "so that Ceuta can recover its losses", which he has estimated at more than 30 million euros.
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, met with the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, this Thursday. Later, in a public appearance he assured that "no Spaniard can turn his back on Ceuta", that "this affects the 50 million Spaniards and all institutions have to do their part." Moreno added that he feels that Andalusia has been attacked and claims to be "hurt" and "dismayed" by the situation.
Doctors of the World has sent an emergency team to Ceuta with two mobile medical units, made up of medical and nursing staff, psychologists and intercultural mediators, which has provided 396 health care services to migrants arriving in the city during the mass entry on July 30 and 31. The NGO considers it essential to mobilize all resources and means to cover basic needs, provide protection and security to people, especially families and minors.
The president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, considers that the transfer of migrants that is taking place this Thursday in Ceuta from El Trampolín beach to a temporary camp "is transferring the problem from one place to another." For López Miras, what is being seen is "a consequence of the Government's abandonment of its functions, its inability and its lies."
The Minister of Immigration, Elma Saiz, has celebrated the success of the complete eviction of Trampolín Beach, "the result of collaborative work between administrations." He did so in a brief appearance from the Loma Margarita facility. "It is an example of the country we are," highlighting the humanitarian aspect of the transfer. When asked by the media, he considered that the Government is "meeting the deadlines" so that Ceuta can return to normality as soon as possible.
Two groups have been formed, differentiating between people of sub-Saharan origin and those of Maghreb origin. The first have stayed in Loma Margarita, while the others have continued towards the facilities in Loma Colmenar, close to the Tarajal border. The objective of separating them is to prevent confrontations from occurring, according to sources close to the Government Delegation. During the last two weeks, the police have had to intervene in several brawls between sub-Saharans and North Africans.
