Video. Ceuta Awaits King Felipe After Summer Migration Crisis
The first royal visit since 2007 comes as authorities clear camps, shelter thousands of migrants and face pressure before Spain’s November election.
- Today, King Felipe and Queen Letizia visit the North African enclave of Ceuta to support residents recovering from an unprecedented migration crisis, marking their first royal visit since 2007.
- Following a summer surge where more than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into the city of 80,000 inhabitants, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro faces significant political pressure before November's election.
- Ana, a 33-year civil servant, criticized the timing, stating "If the king had come on the second day of the invasion, he would have come across all the mess that we had here."
- Authorities recently cleared the last major informal settlement at Guano, where more than 350 police officers and soldiers transferred residents on Sunday, before the royal couple travels to Melilla on Wednesday.
- The trip carries diplomatic risks as Morocco claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla, with Moroccan King Mohammed recently condemning "the irresponsible statements made by certain political and media circles and their blatant instrumentalisation of the situation.
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The presenter recalls the situation of the autonomous city on the eve of the trip of Felipe VI and Letizia, who had expressed their desire to come from the first days of the crisis
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The agenda includes a meeting with civil society as well as a tribute to the more than 140 dead who crossed into swimming Pedro Sánchez confirms that Moroccan warships entered Ceuta during the migration crisis
There were a few weeks, during the height of the Ceuta crisis, that the main question was: why don't the kings visit the autonomous city after the massive influx of migrants on July 30? The day that will happen will be this Tuesday, just the day after Hispanic Independence Day, when Felipe VI and Letizia will set foot in the autonomous city and Melilla for the first time. It will be the second time in democracy that the Spanish monarchy will set…
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