Vivas says 15,000 migrants still remain in Ceuta, Spain
Ceuta's president, Juan Jesús Vivas, puts the number of migrants still in the Spanish city at 15,000 and criticizes Sánchez for ignoring his earlier requests.
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Juan Jesús Vivas claims that around 15,000 migrants who arrived after the storming of July 30, 2021 are still in Ceuta, three times the number admitted by Minister Marlaska. The Ceuta president criticizes Pedro Sánchez's government for failing to act before, during or after those events.
The president of Ceuta, **Juan Jesús Vivas**, put a figure on a situation the city has been dealing with since the summer of 2021. Speaking at the IV Economic Forum of **EL ESPAÑOL** in Ceuta, he said that around **15,000** migrants who arrived in the mass storming of **July 30** remain in the city. That is three times the number that, according to his account, Interior Minister **Fernando Grande-Marlaska** admitted.
## The request for a single command that never came
Vivas explained that in the days before the mass entry at the **Tarajal** beach, he contacted Moncloa several times. He made three specific requests: a single command structure, reinforcements for the State Security Forces and the declaration of a state of emergency. He noted that swim-in entries were multiplying.
None of those requests were addressed, according to his account. Hence his central criticism: the government, he said, failed to act as it should have before, during and after the events.
## Eight questions and 83,000 Spaniards
The Ceuta president directed eight questions at **Pedro Sánchez** about the government's handling of that episode. This is no minor detail: Ceuta is Spanish territory and its resident population is around **83,000** people, whose rights Vivas invoked.
His underlying argument is constitutional. The State has a duty to protect the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and in this case, he added, also the rights of those 83,000 Spaniards.
## A tally still unresolved
The figure Vivas gave is not an administrative detail. It refers to people who arrived in a mass entry and who, in his view, are still in the city. It also points to a management he considers a failure in all three phases: prevention, response and the aftermath.
The matter has legal and migration implications, so any official figure should be treated with caution until a verifiable count exists.
The president of Ceuta, **Juan Jesús Vivas**, put a figure on a situation the city has been dealing with since the summer of 2021. Speaking at the IV Economic Forum of **EL ESPAÑOL** in Ceuta, he said that around **15,000** migrants who arrived in the mass storming of **July 30** remain in the city. That is three times the number that, according to his account, Interior Minister **Fernando Grande-Marlaska** admitted.
## The request for a single command that never came
Vivas explained that in the days before the mass entry at the **Tarajal** beach, he contacted Moncloa several times. He made three specific requests: a single command structure, reinforcements for the State Security Forces and the declaration of a state of emergency. He noted that swim-in entries were multiplying.
None of those requests were addressed, according to his account. Hence his central criticism: the government, he said, failed to act as it should have before, during and after the events.
## Eight questions and 83,000 Spaniards
The Ceuta president directed eight questions at **Pedro Sánchez** about the government's handling of that episode. This is no minor detail: Ceuta is Spanish territory and its resident population is around **83,000** people, whose rights Vivas invoked.
His underlying argument is constitutional. The State has a duty to protect the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and in this case, he added, also the rights of those 83,000 Spaniards.
## A tally still unresolved
The figure Vivas gave is not an administrative detail. It refers to people who arrived in a mass entry and who, in his view, are still in the city. It also points to a management he considers a failure in all three phases: prevention, response and the aftermath.
The matter has legal and migration implications, so any official figure should be treated with caution until a verifiable count exists.
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