Politics · Spain · 3 hrs ago
Ceuta leader says city remains disrupted three months after migrant arrivals
Ceuta’s president says the city is still not back to normal three months after a large number of migrants arrived in late July.
Juan Vivas says the disruption affects residents’ daily lives, including school, public spaces and health services.
He claims that 15,000 migrants, including 4,000 minors, remain in the Spanish autonomous city.
Vivas says urgent care is overwhelmed and reports an 80% rise in certain notifiable diseases, including chickenpox and tuberculosis.
He is asking Spain’s media and public not to abandon Ceuta and says the issue should not be treated as partisan politics.
The events are being investigated by Spain’s National Court, and Vivas says there is no clear timeline for the city’s return to normal.
Ceuta leader Juan Vivas said the city had still not returned to normal three months after a mass arrival of migrants in late July.
He described disruption to daily life, including pressure on health services, and said some residents felt unsafe.
Vivas said cases of certain reportable diseases had risen by 80% over the three months.
He estimated that 15,000 migrants, including 4,000 minors, remained in the city.
He blamed Spain’s government for failing to prevent the arrivals and urged the media not to abandon Ceuta.
- Who
- Juan Vivas, president of Ceuta, described the situation.
- What
- He said Ceuta remained disrupted after a mass arrival of migrants and called for help.
- When
- He spoke on Monday, three months after the arrivals in late July.
- Where
- Ceuta, a Spanish autonomous city.
- Why
- Vivas said the city had not returned to normal after the arrivals and blamed the government for failing to prevent them.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A mass arrival of migrants took place in Ceuta.
Vivas said the city had still not returned to normal, three months after the arrivals.
- Migrants remaining
- Vivas estimated 15,000, including 4,000 minors.
- Disease increase
- Cases of certain reportable diseases rose by 80% over three months, according to Vivas.
- Health services
- Vivas said emergency services were overwhelmed.
- School opening
- The start of the school year relied on the army and security forces, Vivas said.
What people are saying
I appeal here to all the media so that you do not abandon us, so that you do not leave us, because you are the necessary channel of contact with the Spanish people, who are our main strength.
The whole of Ceuta is affected.
The Government could have prevented the invasion and did not.
Ceuta is wounded, it has been struck, but Ceuta is standing and firmly determined to move forward.