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Ceuta president urges EU to toughen stance on Morocco over migrant surge as Spain rejects blame
Spain seizes Ceuta port to build migrant camp after local government rejects plan
Spain approves 309 million emergency plan for Ceuta after migrant surge triggers crisis
Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente signed an order on Saturday to take control of Ceuta’s port, overriding local opposition to build a temporary migrant camp in the harbor area, state broadcaster RTVE and other Spanish media reported .
The order, issued under port authority laws, allocates 16,000 square meters of public port land for tents, medical facilities, and social services to house over 1,000 migrants, according to the Transport Ministry . The move follows a Friday vote by Ceuta’s port authority—controlled by the local government—to reject the plan, citing the harbor’s critical role in supply chains and its proximity to a fuel storage facility .
Ceuta’s regional government, led by President Juan Jesús Vivas, called the decision a “serious error” and insisted repatriation, not shelter, should be the priority to restore normalcy . The dispute comes as roughly 5,000 migrants, including 1,200 unaccompanied minors, remain in Ceuta more than a month after nearly 72,000 arrived from Morocco on July 30–31, per Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government . Local protests have also targeted another 900-capacity camp under construction in the Los Rosales district .
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