Spain’s national police have identified around 2,168 migrant minors in Ceuta since July 30 and transferred them to the city’s regional government, according to Spanish news outlet Europa Press, citing sources from the Ministry of Interior.
It said the figure has increased by 270 minors from the previous count released five days ago by Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
The outlet noted that Ceuta has opened additional facilities, including two schools, to accommodate the minors as existing centers face overcrowding, adding that the city’s standard reception capacity of just 29 migrants had already been exceeded before the mass influx at the end of July.
Two weeks ago, Ceuta regional president Juan Jesús Vivas revealed that the number of unaccompanied minors in reception centers had reached 1,100, up from 750, leaving facilities operating 2,600% above their capacity.
He also said Ceuta’s Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants, known by its Spanish acronym CETI, was “completely overwhelmed,” with more people outside the facility than inside it.
Spain’s Minister of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration, Elma Saiz, announced this Monday that 1,500 temporary reception places will be opened in four locations in Ceuta to help manage the migration crisis.
The facilities, according to Ceuta’s public radio and television broadcaster RTVCE, will be located at the vehicle holding area, the equestrian club, the guano plot, and the former football field at the Cavalry barracks.
Saiz emphasized that her ministry has been working on the crisis since it began on July 30, including providing €6.5 million in emergency funding for the Red Cross to assist irregular migrants in Ceuta.
The organization has so far provided more than 4,000 medical services and distributes around 4,000 food kits each day, the source added.
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