NGOs bill the Spanish state as the Ceuta border overflows
Marisol Oviaño reveals in Vozpópuli that NGOs charge the Spanish state for every blanket they hand out. Returns or quotas: the migration debate heats up the summer.
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Ceuta, the NGO business and the bill for institutional charity
How much does solidarity in Ceuta cost? According to Marisol Oviaño's column in Vozpópuli, published on 20 August 2026, far more than it seems. NGOs charge the state for every blanket, every bottle of water and every transfer. It is no coincidence that the author recalls that 90 years ago, in July, the Civil War began in Africa: the border is always shifting.
The business of institutional charity
The author pulls no punches: she describes the apparatus as "chiringuitos" — beach-bar-style outfits — of institutional charity. Some argue that the real struggle is not with those who arrive, but with the organisations that bill for their assistance. The figure of 37 police vans backed by the Army gives a sense of the tension in a city living under permanent pressure.
Returns, quotas and the bill to the state
Among the solutions circulating, one calls for escorting arrivals to the border with Segarro; another proposes an annual quota with training and job integration to avoid informal employment. At the centre remains the poor management attributed to the PSOE (Spain's Socialist Party), in a year the column itself describes as corrupt. This August nobody wants to switch off: the border is far too close.
How much does solidarity in Ceuta cost? According to Marisol Oviaño's column in Vozpópuli, published on 20 August 2026, far more than it seems. NGOs charge the state for every blanket, every bottle of water and every transfer. It is no coincidence that the author recalls that 90 years ago, in July, the Civil War began in Africa: the border is always shifting.
The business of institutional charity
The author pulls no punches: she describes the apparatus as "chiringuitos" — beach-bar-style outfits — of institutional charity. Some argue that the real struggle is not with those who arrive, but with the organisations that bill for their assistance. The figure of 37 police vans backed by the Army gives a sense of the tension in a city living under permanent pressure.
Returns, quotas and the bill to the state
Among the solutions circulating, one calls for escorting arrivals to the border with Segarro; another proposes an annual quota with training and job integration to avoid informal employment. At the centre remains the poor management attributed to the PSOE (Spain's Socialist Party), in a year the column itself describes as corrupt. This August nobody wants to switch off: the border is far too close.
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