{"id":5837,"date":"2026-07-31T21:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:09:44","slug":"spain-claims-25000-african-migrants-already-sent-home-as-authorities-expel-150-people-per-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5837","title":{"rendered":"Spain claims 25,000 African migrants already sent home as authorities expel 150 people per minute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A mass deportation is underway in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta Friday, as about half of the 60,000 migrants who charged into the diminutive territory Thursday have either left or been sent back to Morocco, Spanish authorities said \u2014 claiming they\u2019re removing a staggering 150 people per minute.<\/p>\n

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The sudden wave of migrants hit Ceuta like a tidal wave as the marauders, many of whom showed up penniless and clad only in swimming clothes, bathed in public fountains and turned the streets into their own personal toilets.<\/p>\n

The territory was quickly overwhelmed as its regular population of around 85,000 swelled by nearly 70%, leaving local police, national police and even an army deployment struggling to keep the peace as shops closed down and residents barricaded themselves inside, afraid to walk the streets.<\/p>\n

Following a statement by Ceuta\u2019s president Juan Jes\u00fas Vivas that the number of mostly-Moroccan migrants who crashed Europe\u2019s only land border with Africa had risen to 60,000 and that 34 people had died, Spain\u2019s Ministry of the Interior issued a statement that the crisis was working toward resolution, and that more than 25,000 of the border crossers had been sent home.<\/p>\n

In a news conference Friday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez condemned the invasion as \u201can attack\u201d and a \u201cviolation of Spain\u2019s territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCeuta is a Spanish city, and what happened yesterday deserves our full reproach, our condemnation at the strongest possible level of rejection, condemnation and consideration as deplorable,\u201d he said, noting that he\u2019s ordered buoys be placed as a \u201cphysical barrier\u201d to protect the border.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on the illegal immigration crisis in Ceuta, Spain:<\/strong><\/h2>\n