The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, will appear on Friday at 9:00 a.m. at the Congress of Deputies to explain his management of the migratory crisis experienced in Ceuta since July 30. The political pressure on him is intense due to the strong criticism he has received from the opposition, police unions and civil guard associations.
Grande-Marlaska has held the Interior portfolio since June 2018 and has already had to deal with several migration crises, such as the one in Ceuta in 2021 or the assault on 24 June 2022, in which thousands of people tried to access Melilla from Morocco and at least 23 migrants died.
Once again, a migratory crisis has led Marlaska to the Interior Committee of Congress. The massive influx of migrants at the end of July forced the government to deploy new troops and manage the presence of thousands of people in the city, with the consequent effects on public safety.
NEW DATA ON THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS
Marlaska will also have to explain how coordination with the Moroccan authorities and European institutions has been managed and is expected to provide updated data on the number of immigrants who entered Ceuta and how many returned to Moroccan territory in the following days.
This migratory crisis has triggered a strong political confrontation between the government and the PP over border security, the return of migrants and care for unaccompanied minors who remain in the city of Ceuta.
The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, has been calling for more police and civil guards in the city to speed up expulsion proceedings and in recent days has denounced that only between 26 and 30 are processed per day, so it would take a year to process the departure of migrants who are still in Ceuta territory.
Marlaska was one of the ministers who refused to appear in the Senate last week, precipitating an institutional confrontation that the Popular Party has decided to take to the Supreme Court.
