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?? @Vox_es party leader @Santi_ABASCAL debunks the Spanish government’s claim that most of the 50,000+ Moroccans in Ceuta have been returned. pic.twitter.com/t6pZ2j8wNQ
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According to OKdiario, the Spanish government says more than 48,000 of the approximately 50,000 migrants who reached Ceuta have already returned to Morocco. Abascal disputed those figures, arguing that footage from the city showed large numbers of migrants still present.
The center-right People’s Party also stepped up its criticism of Sánchez. Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo remained in Ceuta over the weekend, meeting representatives of the Civil Guard and police unions.
PP Secretary General Miguel Tellado accused Sánchez of being on vacation while attempting to make the public forget that he had failed to prevent what Tellado called the greatest attack on Spanish sovereignty.
“The worst prime minister at the worst possible time,” he said.
La Gaceta reported that undocumented migrants had carried out widespread looting of shops and supermarkets across Ceuta, placing severe pressure on local businesses struggling to maintain supplies of food and other essentials.
Government delegate Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano nevertheless insisted that the number of migrants in Ceuta had fallen substantially and said authorities would accelerate return procedures.
“There are far fewer people than when they arrived. There have been many departures,” he said, promising that removals would be processed “without fail.”
Some migrants have already attempted to travel onward to mainland Spain. El País reported that National Police intercepted two boats carrying 17 people of North African origin near Algeciras and La Línea de la Concepción.
Police are investigating where the vessels departed from and the circumstances surrounding their arrival on the Cádiz coast.
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