Migration
Saiz charges Feijóo for seeking confinement in Ceuta: "Xenophobia is contagious"
According to the Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, PP President Alberto Núñez Feijóo has shown "serious irresponsibility" in calling for the confinement of Ceuta, as there is no risk of contagion, and has criticized the "ignorance" of the popular leader.
Health Ministry and communities will agree today to send vaccines to Ceuta
It will be a videoconference meeting that will focus on a single point, the triple viral vaccine and the delivery of vaccines against chickenpox, polio, tetanus and diphtheria.
Feijóo asks Sanchez to be confined in Ceuta because of "health risk"
The PP's leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has asked the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to impose confinement in Ceuta for infectious and contagious diseases detected after the massive entry of migrants at the end of July.
Morocco calls on Spain to repatriate survivors and bodies of dead
The Moroccan Minister of Justice has called for an agreement with Spain and has ensured that Morocco is ready to send buses to Ceuta to receive survivors.
A human chain has been built to denounce racist policies on the beaches of Gorliz and Plentzia
The Yellow Tide of the Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak Association of Bizkaia has brought to the beaches of Gorliz and Plentzia a clamour for the rights of migrants.
The Supreme Court rejected the PP's urgent request to force ministers to appear in the Senate in August because of the Ceuta crisis
Nuñez Feijóo has asked the government to allow Felipe VI to visit the autonomous city because, in his opinion, the king wants to go to Ceuta because he is entitled to do so.
National Police confirm mafia trafficking in migrants from Ceuta
The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Angel Victor Torres, will coordinate within the Spanish Government the situation caused by the crisis in Ceuta.
The Spanish Government believes it is possible to take 500 girls to the Peninsula "in a few weeks"
The Youth and Children area has stated that it has been working on this matter with the Ceuta authorities for a week and will draft a concrete proposal.
Gipuzkoa calls on the Spanish Government for "a structural plan" to accommodate minors in Ceuta
The Foral spokeswoman, Irune Berasaluze, has stated that Gipuzkoa is prepared to receive minors. Hori, yes, has imposed conditions on the Spanish Government. It is essential, in her words, to have a structural plan, and improvisation must have no place.
Chivite calls for "humane action in politics" in the face of the situation of unaccompanied minors in Ceuta
Maria Chivite has called for an end to the effort to "dehumanize" the situation of children without families in Ceuta. The president of Navarre has highlighted the "extreme situation" of these minors and has insisted that Navarre will fulfil its obligations, but has called on the other communities to do the same.
The evacuation of the El Trampolín beach in Ceuta has begun to displace the thousands of migrants there
The transfer of migrants has begun in the morning, and the police apparatus is progressing smoothly, moving Loma Margarita and El Embolsamiento to the new reception points, temporarily enabled by the Spanish Government.
The Basque Government stresses the need for unaccompanied minors in Ceuta to return to their families
The hundreds of migrant women who arrived in Ceuta remain in a particularly appalling situation
The hundreds of women who arrived in Ceuta from Morocco remain in a particularly appalling situation. Jada are in a serious situation, but the words, behaviour and actions of the rest of the male migrants increase the lack of protection. UNICEF is experiencing the crisis closely: they report that there are not enough police and that there are officers who cannot help them.
Navarre will "comply" with the distribution of minors, but without paying for the "lack of solidarity" of other communities
The first Vice-President and spokesperson for the Government of Navarre, Javier Remírez, has stated that Navarra "will comply with the regulations" and will abide by the distribution and reception of unaccompanied migrant minors, but will not accept "the lack of solidarity of other autonomous communities".
The Spanish Government is working to bring 500 migrant girls from Ceuta to the peninsula
The Spanish Government is working on the transfer to the peninsula of some 500 unaccompanied migrant girls who are in Ceuta after the massive entry in late July. The Ministry of Youth and Children is studying to ensure that child protection agencies receive them in adapted resources, without the need to transfer their guardianship to the Autonomous Communities.
Brussels supports the return of minor migrants in Ceuta to Morocco
European Commission spokesman Markus Lammert has insisted that all illegal migrants in the autonomous city must be returned, and has hoped that the Spanish and Moroccan authorities will work to ensure this.
The Government advocates the return of migrant minors from Ceuta to their families and, in cases where it is not possible to receive them
The Director of Children, Adolescents and the Family, Txema Ezkerra, considers it "unacceptable" for Vox to break the law in the communities that manage this area and has asked the state to intervene.
The Spanish Government has set up 1,500 temporary reception places in Ceuta in the face of migratory pressure
Elma Saiz announced the immediate opening of four areas to streamline the reception system and highlighted inter-agency cooperation.
Ceuta's president accuses the government of "make-up reality" and gives it 30 days to resolve the crisis
Juan Vivas has strongly criticized the government for its "lack of response" and "passivity" in the face of the migration crisis that has arisen following the entry of some 70,000 people from Morocco into the autonomous city on 30 and 31 July. In a hearing, Vivas asked whether the government's passivity seeks to "not disturb" Morocco and announced that it will turn to the judiciary and other levels if the crisis is not resolved within 30 days.