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Leader of Spain's Ceuta warns of emergency as 1,500 migrants arrive in one week
Reuters ^ | July 30, 2026

Posted on 07/30/2026 7:11:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta is experiencing a humanitarian and security emergency after 1,500 migrants reached the city by swimming across from Morocco ​over the past week, the territory's leader said on Thursday.

Ceuta, together with ‌Melilla - another Spanish autonomous city located in North Africa - represents the European Union's only land border with Africa. Both cities periodically experience surges in attempted crossings by migrants seeking to reach ​Europe.

Speaking in separate interviews with radio stations Cadena SER and Onda Cero, ​Juan Jesus Vivas said the recent influx had overwhelmed the city's ⁠reception system and left hundreds of migrants sleeping outside.

"We are facing a situation ​of absolute humanitarian and social emergency," Vivas told Cadena SER, adding that facilities for ​unaccompanied minors were operating at 2,400% of capacity.

In comments to Onda Cero, he described the situation as a national emergency and called for a "decisive, forceful, immediate and coordinated" response under a ​single command structure.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: European Union
KEYWORDS: ceuta; juanjesusvivas; koranimals; morocco; pedrosanchez

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1 posted on 07/30/2026 7:11:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


2 posted on 07/30/2026 7:12:09 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

They’ve got money. Saved skipping out of NATO.


3 posted on 07/30/2026 7:28:56 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MinorityRepublican

They swam across?


4 posted on 07/30/2026 7:32:44 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DIRTYSECRET
They’ve got money. Saved skipping out of NATO.

The MIC may have saved America. It prevented us from being like Europe.

5 posted on 07/30/2026 7:39:23 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Is Spain putting them in 4-Star Hotels like Biden did?


6 posted on 07/30/2026 7:43:39 AM PDT by donozark (Trump isn't a fascist. America's trains still do not run on time.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Did you all see the pictures. All of them were fighting aged men. We feel sorry for you citizens getting stepped on by these invaders. And your government is worthless to protect you it seems. We wish you luck.


7 posted on 07/30/2026 9:15:49 AM PDT by alaskamomma
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Authorities in Ceuta have asked for the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and requested army intervention, as thousands crossed into the tiny Spanish territory.

Footage filmed at Tarajal beach shows a crowd of people walking around the breakwaters and running on the beach and roads.

Officials in the tiny Spanish coastal territory of Ceuta have asked for a national emergency to be declared after thousands of migrants arrived from Morocco.

pic.twitter.com/ImJbup415A— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 30, 2026


8 posted on 07/30/2026 10:25:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

What a load of crap; everyone knows that wide open borders are good for the country.

Hint to Freepers: /sarc/


9 posted on 07/30/2026 10:40:14 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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