Today in Spain's official gazette: Ceuta to become a permanent migrant reception centre

No one has confirmed that royal decree: the complaint gives no number, date or text. It would be signed by the Council of Ministers, so the idea that the order comes from Brussels has no documentary backing.

## A complaint about Ceuta and a permanent migrant centre

A complaint claims a royal decree would turn **Ceuta** into a permanent, large-scale CETI, under the cover of another decree already published.

The complaint provides no law number, date, places or cost. If true, the model would change: not a transit centre, but a stable and larger facility.

## What a CETI is and what Ceuta has

A CETI is a **Centre for Temporary Stay of Migrants** (Centro de Estancia Temporal de Forasteros). Ceuta and **Melilla**, the EU's only land borders in Africa, already have one.

By definition it is a transit resource: people enter, are attended to and leave. That is the difference with a permanent centre.

## Who would sign it: Madrid or Brussels

Royal decrees are approved by the **Council of Ministers**, so the formal signature would be that of the Government of Spain, led by **Pedro Sánchez**.

The **European Commission**, chaired by Ursula von der Leyen, does not enact Spanish laws. Its framework here is the Migration and Asylum Pact, approved in April 2024 and applicable from June 2026. That Brussels demanded anything of the sort is not documented, and the rules on migrants' stay are a legal matter: it is worth reading the text in the BOE (Spain's official gazette).