![La situation à Ceuta reste critique. Plusieurs semaines après l'arrivée de dizaines de milliers de migrants dans l'enclave espagnole située en Afrique du Nord, la situation reste critique. [Francesco Militello Mirto / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/170861668/6f9402b8fa15d26f1c1d1459762d7fb22792ebc1ae63dc47af683de288577b4c)
Overview
- An unprecedented influx on 30–31 July of more than 70,000 people overwhelmed the small Spanish enclave and left several thousand migrants still in Ceuta under strained conditions.
- Spanish and local counts differ sharply: Madrid says 3,500–7,000 remain while Ceuta authorities put the figure at at least 10,000, fueling conflict over resources and policy.
- Many migrants are sleeping in improvised camps with limited food, water, shelter and sanitation, and large numbers of unaccompanied minors require special protection and placement.
- Madrid has created a single command for Ceuta, sent extra personnel, rejected using sports centres for housing, approved €25 million for child reception and pledged to speed up removals.
- Nightly resident protests have produced clashes, arrests, a stoned military vehicle and use of tear gas, and authorities have publicly refuted viral videos that falsely blamed migrants for church vandalism.