The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has assured that the current reality in Ceuta "is different" and has emphasized that there are "12,000 fewer people" than on August 10, a figure he has attributed to data from the Civil Guard, noting that many people "have returned to Morocco" and "have been expelled."
In an interview on "Malas Lenguas," reported by Europa Press, he has also acknowledged that "there is still work to finish" with "those who remain on the streets" and with "the files" of the migrants who "are in the resources."
In this regard, he has detailed that there are currently around 5,000 adult people housed in the designated camps, in addition to about 2,500 minors who are "in resources of the Autonomous City," while "there may still be hundreds on the streets."
The minister has specified that the return of Moroccan citizens occurs because they are aware that "they will not have the right to international protection," so they choose to return "once it is explained to them" that, if they stay, they will have a "police record."
"Only those who have the right to international protection or the minors who cannot be regrouped as we have said from the beginning will remain," Torres has indicated, who has highlighted that, in coordination with the Government of Ceuta, they have "managed" to enable "specific places" for reception.
He has thanked this situation "not because the kings are coming, but for the calm and also the coexistence of the city of Ceuta and the Ceutíes," considering that it contributes to reducing social tension and promoting normality in the daily life of the enclave.