{"id":66484,"date":"2026-08-01T19:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66484"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:46:15","slug":"the-ceuta-government-contradicts-the-sanchez-government-there-are-still-thousands-of-intruders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/08\/01\/the-ceuta-government-contradicts-the-sanchez-government-there-are-still-thousands-of-intruders\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ceuta government contradicts the S\u00e1nchez government: there are still 'thousands' of intruders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The migratory invasion of Ceuta has occurred at a time when the government of Pedro S\u00e1nchez has its credibility at rock bottom.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/07\/30\/ceuta-a-moroccan-migratory-invasion-that-has-been-encouraged-by-pedro-sanchez\/\">Ceuta, a Moroccan migratory invasion that has been encouraged by Pedro S\u00e1nchez<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/07\/31\/the-boomerang-effect-of-insulting-another-country-after-having-suffered-a-serious-attack\/\">The boomerang effect of insulting another country after having suffered a serious attack<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>For eight years, the government has been systematically lying about a wide variety of issues. <strong>At a critical moment like this, it should make an effort to demonstrate that its words correspond to the facts<\/strong>, as the trust of the citizens of Ceuta in the Spanish government depends on it. <strong>Instead, it has lied again, and done so with utter shamelessness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><big>Albares said this Friday that 'almost all' of the intruders have left<\/big><\/p>\n<p>In a message on his Twitter account, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jmalbares\/status\/2083258896106332256\" target=\"_blank\">this Friday at 8:30 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"<strong>Almost all those who entered Ceuta have already returned to Morocco.<\/strong> It is not possible to travel from Ceuta and Melilla to the Peninsula without identifying oneself at a police checkpoint. The integrity of the Schengen Area is absolutely guaranteed. <strong>Enough of this deliberate confusion<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After 11:00 p.m. on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/elfarodeceuta.es\/albares-patina-ceuta-asegurar-salido-practica-totalidad-marroquies\/\" target=\"_blank\">a local newspaper, El Faro de Ceuta, contradicted Albares<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"<strong>There are messages that are better left unsaid because anyone in Ceuta can see they aren't true.<\/strong> The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares, has emphasized that 'virtually all those who entered Ceuta have already returned to Morocco.'<\/p>\n<p>A message that sounds good in X, but doesn't resonate on the streets of Ceuta. <strong>There are still thousands of people in the streets, constantly wandering around the city<\/strong>, and there are also altercations among themselves and with other people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The security forces are increasing their presence, but they aren't reaching all the areas where violent incidents are occurring.<\/strong> The city has been significantly affected by a situation that exceeded all expectations.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><big>Marlaska said this morning that \u201calmost all of them have already left Ceuta\u201d<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Following in Albares' footsteps, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElFarodeCeuta\/status\/2083507116589883636\" target=\"_blank\">this morning, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska stated<\/a> that the illegal immigrants who arrived in Ceuta in this migratory invasion numbered \"between 50,000 and 60,000\" and added: <em>\"<strong>almost all of them have already left Ceuta<\/strong>\".<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElFarodeCeuta\/status\/2083540769940369773\" target=\"_blank\">Marlaska offered a death toll that was disputed by El Faro de Ceuta<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Although the minister speaks of 67 deaths, this media outlet has confirmed that the figure reaches almost 100<\/strong>.\"<\/em> This afternoon, from that same Ceuta newspaper, <a href=\"https:\/\/elfarodeceuta.es\/agujeros-crisis-espana-marruecos-insulto-ceuta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carmen Echarri<\/a> pointed out: <em>\"<strong>The Spanish Government has tried to sell the idea that 24 hours later the crisis no longer existed<\/strong>, but any tour of Ceuta shows the complete opposite.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><big>The Ceuta government contradicts the central government: there are still 'thousands' of intruders<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Early this afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/elfarodeceuta.es\/vivas-ceuta-no-recuperado-normalidad-miles-personas-siguen-aqui\/\" target=\"_blank\">the president of the autonomous city of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, also contradicted the government<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Ceuta has not achieved normality<\/strong>, we are not in normality\"<\/em>, adding that <em>\"<strong>there are several thousand people who must be returned<\/strong> and there is still an atmosphere marked by unease and concern.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><big>S\u00e1nchez has already gone on vacation and recommends his favorite songs<\/big><\/p>\n<p><strong>The government's haste to prematurely close this serious situation<\/strong> is explained today by an unusual event considering what is still happening in Ceuta: <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.elmundo.es\/espana\/2026\/08\/01\/6a6dfe0621efa04b5d8b457d.html\" target=\"_blank\">S\u00e1nchez has gone on vacation with his family to the island of Lanzarote<\/a>, flying there at around 1:30 p.m. in an official Falcon 900 aircraft of the Spanish Air Force. To the astonishment and outrage of many Spaniards, especially those residing in Ceuta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sanchezcastejon\/video\/7668984450830634262\" target=\"_blank\">S\u00e1nchez began his vacation this morning with a TikTok video recommending the songs he's been listening to most this year<\/a>. The president of the Government of Spain has not posted a single video on that social network about the serious events that occurred in Ceuta.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamoncloa.gob.es\/multimedia\/galeriasfotograficas\/presidente\/Paginas\/2026\/310726-sanchez-reunion-coordinacion-ceuta.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">La Moncloa<\/a>. The president of the Government of Spain, Pedro S\u00e1nchez, at a press conference in the Assembly Palace of Ceuta on July 31, 2026.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The migratory invasion of Ceuta has occurred at a time when the government of Pedro S\u00e1nchez has its credibility at rock bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10398],"tags":[1653,6031,3422,15425,27538,12305,2721,11462],"class_list":["post-66484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-ceuta","tag-el-faro-de-ceuta","tag-fernando-grande-marlaska","tag-jose-manuel-albares","tag-juan-vivas","tag-morocco","tag-pedro-sanchez-castejon","tag-spain"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-16 20:40:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}