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Ceuta Receives 1,500 Migrants, Minister to Inspect Amid Crisis

7/31/2026

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Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas reported about 1,500 migrants arrived by sea in recent days, saturating reception centres.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska will travel to Ceuta on Friday, saying trafficking networks are exploiting a Supreme Court ruling that bars summary return at sea.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a mobilisation of resources with international partners, while opposition leaders Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal blamed him for a national-security crisis.

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Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas reported about 1,500 migrants arrived by sea in recent days, saturating reception centres.
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska will travel to Ceuta on Friday, saying trafficking networks are exploiting a Supreme Court ruling that bars summary return at sea.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a mobilisation of resources with international partners, while opposition leaders Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal blamed him for a national-security crisis.