Minister Elma Saiz will travel this Monday to Ceuta to meet with Vivas to address the migratory crisis

The spokesperson for the Spanish Executive and Minister of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migrations, Elma Saiz, has announced that she will travel to Ceuta to meet with the autonomous president, Juan Jesús Vivas, to address the current situation of the territory after the massive entry of migrant people between July 30 and 31. 

The meeting will take place at the Assembly Palace and, after it, Saiz will appear before the media at 11:45 AM. The minister's trip is the fourth visit by a member of the Executive to the territory. 

In this regard, the Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, returned this Thursday to Ceuta to address the migratory crisis after the massive entry of people between July 30 and 31. In this sense, he has specified the number of people who still remain in the autonomous city. He has also assured that all will be returned to Morocco and has stated: "None will be regularized." Likewise, he has announced the deployment of "greater personal and material resources" in view of the possible entry into Spanish territory this August 15 and has reiterated that Morocco remains a reliable partner.

During his appearance before the media, Marlaska specified that around 5,000 irregular migrants remain in Ceuta after the massive arrival recorded at the end of July. To accelerate the necessary procedures for their departure, the Ministry of Interior will send to the autonomous city about twenty agents from the Central Brigade of Immigration and Borders of the National Police, who will be responsible for reinforcing the administrative processing linked to expulsions.

The operation will also have 50 additional personnel assigned to reinforce citizen security in the streets of Ceuta. The minister has defended that the objective is to expedite the return of those who remain in the city and has indicated that "The vast majority will return to Morocco as soon as possible."

Marlaska has insisted that the destination of these people will be Morocco and has ruled out that they can remain in Ceuta or be transferred to the peninsula. Specifically, he has stated that of the people who still remain in the city, "no person will stay in Ceuta, none will go to the peninsula, none will be regularized," with the exception of "those exceptional cases of maximum vulnerability."

The minister has also used his speech to send a message to those who may consider undertaking a route to the autonomous cities. Marlaska has asked that “those who long” to reach Ceuta do not “listen to the mafias that play with their lives,” in reference to the networks that facilitate irregular displacements and the risks associated with these routes.