The Government of Ceuta has urged to maintain calm and to avoid an increase in tension in the autonomous city after the migratory crisis generated by the massive arrival of about 80,000 immigrants at the end of July.
This was pointed out by the second vice president of Ceuta and counselor of Finance, Economic Transition, and Digital Transformation, Kissy Chandiramani, after informing that around 5:00 AM this Thursday an "incident" was recorded in the neighborhood in Benzú "where some immigrants and also military participated."
Sources from the Superior Police Headquarters in Ceuta have confirmed to Europa Press that twelve migrants of Moroccan nationality have been detained this morning in Ceuta after allegedly participating in an assault that caused injuries to four military personnel in the area of Benzú, where a group of between 30 and 40 people ambushed them and threw large stones at them.
The tension in Ceuta is "very high"
On the other hand, Chandiramani has called for "unity" among the people of Ceuta in the face of the legitimacy of taking to the streets, "but always in an atmosphere of tranquility because that high tension leads nowhere."
For the vice president, "raising the level of tension is worrying for the city of Ceuta" and that is why she makes a "call for calm." "With all the right, the people of Ceuta must take to the streets, if we consider it so, to demand that the administrations respond, but also from calm and from confidence that this will be resolved," she pointed out in an interview on "Cadena Ser," reported by Europa Press.
Chandiramani has admitted that "the tension in the city of Ceuta is very high." "Among all of us as political entities, institutions, and media, we must call for calm because this tension can lead us to where no one wants us to be," she reiterated.
The second vice president has emphasized that she understands that the citizens are "tired" and demand "answers" because "patience has a limit" and "feelings are running high" in the absence of solutions from the central Government. Likewise, she has called for confidence that the crisis will be resolved, although she has acknowledged that the massive entry at the end of July "has been overwhelming for the administrations" and the response "very late."