La Marcha Azul de Ceuta descubre brechas en la UE y malestar en Marruecos
La avalancha migratoria subraya el descontento interno en el país magrebí, las vulnerabilidades de España y la UE, y deja como legado una potencial crisis humanitaria con miles de menores deambulando por las calles
The Blue March of Ceuta exposed gaps in the EU and unrest in Morocco. Over 70,000 individuals embarked on the uncertain journey in the last days of July, vying for the precarious status of migrants in Europe. Ceuta's population doubled for a few hours, triggering alarms. This unprecedented and massive Blue March, seeking the Mediterranean and the European flag, caught the Moroccans, Spaniards, and EU authorities off guard.
It was a lethal crisis: at least 142 migrants perished in the attempt. And fleeting: around 2,000, according to the Interior Ministry, remain in Ceuta; 70,000 have already returned due to hunger, realizing that leaping to the Old Continent was impossible, or perhaps for other reasons. The bulk of this episode would reportedly be solved, say Madrid chronicles.
Yet, a good crisis is like Schrödinger's cat; one never knows if it is alive or dead. The Ceutian border, lined with police and military personnel, dispels any hope of returning to normalcy. The streets of Ceuta tell another story: a cluster of youths, at least 5,000, challenging the official statistics, along with a few hundred subsaharan migrants.
They have gone hungry. They sleep in parks, on beaches, in some makeshift industrial vessels, with that air of military camp, almost like a concentration camp.
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