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Operation carried out from Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport in coordination with Sudanese embassy; ambassador says returnees can contribute to reconstruction.

13,595 migrants rescued at sea; authorities say irregular routes are increasingly shifting towards West Africa and other parts of southern Mediterranean.

Before Congress, the Spanish prime minister said that no national or international institution had provided evidence to support the claim that Morocco planned or organized the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta. Pedro Sánchez also demanded explanations over the role of the National Center for Immigration and Borders and announced the publication of all reports drawn up before the events of July 30 and 31.

Since this summer’s migration crisis, there has been much talk about what Europe owes Ceuta. It is time to look at what Ceuta costs Europe. These roughly 19 km² of Spanish territory on the African coast are heavily subsidized and supported by the European Union. But the cost of the presidios cannot be measured in millions of euros alone. While it is first and foremost budgetary, it is also political, bringing to Brussels the very divisions that the European Pact on Migration thought it had overcome. And above all, what is the price of responsibility? How far should European solidarity go when it is called upon to shoulder the consequences of national political choices?

Tensions in Ceuta have escalated as protesters stormed makeshift migrant camps, destroyed shelters and belongings, and blocked a Red Cross convoy carrying food and water. Nearly a month after the mass arrival, Moroccan nationals remain stranded in increasingly difficult conditions as Morocco calls for their repatriation and Spanish authorities continue to process their cases.

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles told Congress that an interpretation of a Supreme Court ruling barring the immediate return of people who swam into Ceuta helped fuel the mass arrivals of July 30 and 31. She said Facebook posts portraying Morocco’s Throne Day celebrations as an opportunity to cross the border added momentum to what Spanish defence authorities describe as a largely self-organized movement.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will convene the National Security Council on Tuesday as Madrid seeks to coordinate its response to the thousands of migrants still in Ceuta amid pressure on reception services, competing proposals over returns and transfers, and plans to send 25,000 vaccine doses to the enclave.

CNDH President Amina Bouayach tells Le360 that interviews with Moroccans who crossed into Ceuta point to aspirations shaped by idealized images of life online, rather than economic hardship alone. The council’s investigation also identified an intense digital mobilization involving foreign accounts, including some linked to Algeria.

Spanish government spokesperson Elma Saiz has reaffirmed Morocco’s status as a “reliable partner and ally” as Madrid expands migrant reception capacity in Ceuta and seeks emergency EU funding following the latest migration pressure.