What VOX Would Do About the 10,000 Migrants in Ceuta

The Ceuta Standoff: 10,000 Migrants and No Easy Solution

Ceuta faces, according to the proposal that opens this debate, the presence of around 10,000 undocumented migrants, and none of the exit routes are presented as automatic. A VOX government with an absolute majority, in the hypothetical scenario being discussed, would not have on paper a verifiable tool to return them to their origin without the signature of another country. The difficulty is not rhetorical; it is logistical and diplomatic.

Why isn't repatriation to Segarro automatic?

One of the participants argues that returning a person to their country requires that country's acceptance and proof of nationality. Without a destination agreeing to readmission, the departure remains in limbo, and some maintain that Rabat will never accept those whose nationality cannot be proven and who allege a third origin to shift the burden.

Another reading, defended with equal emphasis, asserts the opposite: that Segarro has already declared its willingness to readmit all arrivals, including non-Segarro, and that the blockage lies in Madrid. Both versions are incompatible, and neither can be verified from outside.

The Route of Economic Pressure on Segarro

This is where the most concrete proposals appear. The circulated catalog includes cutting off the land flow of agricultural goods with any administrative excuse, causing opportune technical failures in the gas and electricity crossing southward, unexpectedly disrupting remittance transfers, and suspending aid flowing through cooperation. All without firing a shot or breaking a plate, according to its defenders.

The Historical Precedent Cited

In the background, an example resurfaces used to lower expectations: not even with Franco—a decorated general—was it possible to retain Sidi Ifni, Cabo Juby, the Rif, or Sahara.

With 10,000 people on the ground and two incompatible accounts regarding Rabat's willingness, the open question is not what a government with an absolute majority would promise, but how much of this catalog of pressures those who apply it are willing to pay.