Hundreds of migrants left in Ceuta after mass border crossing stage protest to demand asylum from Spain – ‘I don’t want to return!’

Hundreds of migrants are still in Ceuta after a mass border crossing two weeks ago, with estimates suggesting between 5,000 to 8,000 people remain in the North African exclave. According to The National UAE and The National Business, these migrants staged a protest on a popular urban beach, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco.

The protesters held up Spanish flags and banners reading “We don’t want to go back to Morocco” and “We are also human”, while chanting slogans such as “We’re tired” and “We need a solution”. The mayor-president of Ceuta, Juan Jesus Viva, accused the Spanish government of “almost total inaction” over the crisis and warned that he would take the issue to the Spanish courts if it is not resolved within 30 days.

Mr Viva stated that he intends to explain the situation to the president of the Supreme Tribunal and the president of the Constitutional Court. During the mass border crossing two weeks ago, more than 72,000 people entered Ceuta.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Olive Press, The National UAE, The National Business — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.