King Felipe VI will receive the president of Ceuta Juan Jesús Vivas at Marivent Palace due to the migratory situation in Ceuta

This same Thursday, King Felipe VI will receive the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, at Marivent Palace in Palma, due to the entire migratory crisis that has affected Ceuta during these last days, through the entry of dozens of migrant people coming from Morocco, to the city of Ceuta, after crossing the borders. The audience to which Vivas has been summoned, as reported by the Royal Household, will take place at 6:00 p.m. in what is the residence of the Kings when they spend their holidays in Palma.

The meeting will allow Felipe VI to directly learn about the situation of a city that is still trying to recover normality. Interior assures that about 70,000 people have already returned to Morocco, although Ceuta's resources remain overwhelmed and around 1,100 minors remain under its care.

The audience will culminate several days of monitoring by Felipe VI. The monarch has maintained contacts with Vivas, with the president of Melilla, Juan José Imbroda, with Pedro Sánchez and with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. To all of them, he has conveyed words of "encouragement and firmness". The Royal Household communicated last Saturday that Felipe VI had followed "with great concern and indignation the serious events in Ceuta and, to a lesser extent, also in Melilla." The message called for a coordinated action that would convey to both cities "the support and affection of the rest of Spain."

The King also defended that the State must guarantee their security and prevent events that have caused the death of dozens of people from happening again. His words came after a crisis that overwhelmed the border, public services, and Ceuta's reception capacity.