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Tensions tied to Ceuta migrant crisis overshadow a date usually reserved for celebration
Spain set aside 309 million euros to aid Ceuta’s strained services as about 5,000 migrants, including 1,200 minors, remain after the border rush.
- On Wednesday, Ceuta marked its official holiday, but celebrations were replaced by protests following last month's border rush, when about 72,000 migrants poured into the small Spanish territory neighboring Morocco.
- The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces organized protests across Madrid and more than 200 other towns, though the Popular Party and Vox are promoting the events as a political fight against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
- Spain earmarked 309 million euros to aid the territory's social services, while around 5,000 migrants, including 1,200 minors, remain in Ceuta weeks after the initial border surge.
- During an institutional act on Wednesday, Ceuta regional leader Juan Jesús Vivas called the event 'the violation of Spain's territorial integrity' and vowed to pursue the 'truth' behind the crisis.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez alleged that foreign nations spread disinformation to exploit the crisis, though both Israeli and Russian governments have refuted those claims, citing lack of evidence.
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Tensions tied to Ceuta migrant crisis overshadow a date usually reserved for celebration
The Spanish city of Ceuta on the northern African coast normally celebrates its official holiday on Sept. 2 all on its own. It's usually ignored by the mainland.
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The city of Ceuta, a tiny portion of Spanish territory perched on the coast of North Africa, usually celebrates its official holiday on September 2 on its own, ignored by the peninsula.
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