Migration: Madrid erhöht Zahl der Ceuta-Ankömmlinge auf 72.000
Nach dem Massenansturm auf Ceuta sind laut Spanien rund 70.000 der 72.000 Migranten nach Marokko zurückgekehrt. Für Hunderte unbegleitete Minderjährige müssen nun neue Unterkünfte geschaffen werden.
The Spanish government has raised the number of irregular migrants arriving in Ceuta, a North African exclaves, to 72,000, according to new figures from Madrid. Approximately 70,000 of these migrants have since returned to Morocco, said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska during a press conference for journalists.
The death toll has increased to 75 after the recovery of three more bodies, up from the previous count of 72. The Spanish government adjusted its earlier estimates significantly, previously estimating around 50,000 migrants had entered Ceuta, mainly on Thursday. Ceuta's Regional President, Juan Jesús Vivas, had previously estimated the number to be as high as 80,000.
Grande-Marlaska praised the "absolutely constructive" meeting of EU Interior Ministers, acknowledging the "prompt and effective response" of Spanish authorities to the migration crisis. He also emphasized that Ceuta, as an external border of the European Union, requires special protection and its security is a shared European responsibility.
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