Ceuta recobra parte de la calma en medio de la tensión política

Ceuta has regained some of the calm stolen by the overwhelming influx of thousands of Moroccans during a night of turmoil. On the streets of the city center and near the border at El Tarajal, youths with bags were still wandering about on Saturday, though in much smaller groups compared to the previous hours. In the days leading up to this, up to 60,000 Moroccans managed to enter the autonomous city, with Thursday marking the day of the largest arrivals ever recorded.

However, since Friday, migrants have been returning in the same manner. Access has been restricted from Morocco, and there have been reports of attempts by groups of "200 or 300 youths," according to consulted sources. The unprecedented influx, which has resulted in at least 67 fatalities, has left the city in a state of pandemonium, with the Army deployed and the Guardia Civil organizing the massive human flows.

The pressure cooker that Ceuta had become is starting to ease, but political tension is beginning to rise. "We are not in normal circumstances. There are still several thousand people who must be returned," emphasized Ceutian President Juan Jesús Vivas at an event alongside the leader of the People's Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo.