Overview
- The Spanish cabinet approved the declassification of about 40 intelligence reports on Tuesday and Spain's top criminal court opened a formal investigation on Monday into the mass crossings of late July.
- Moroccan authorities reported intensified enforcement in the north, saying roughly 1,500 people were expelled over nine days and that 150 to 200 people trying to reach Ceuta are detained each day.
- Most who crossed in late July have been returned to Morocco but several thousand remain in Ceuta and the government has set up 3,400 reception places with a target of 6,000 in the coming days.
- Thousands of unaccompanied children are among those still in Ceuta and cannot be summarily returned under Spanish procedures, creating urgent protection, shelter and health needs.
- Local services and security are strained with soldiers and police deployed to guard schools and bus routes, large public protests and a €309 million emergency package in place, and Madrid will rely on Rabat and possible EU support to carry out further returns.