{"id":523159,"date":"2026-09-07T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=523159"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:15:09","slug":"spain-says-it-is-impossible-to-know-how-many-irregular-migrants-remain-in-ceuta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/spain-says-it-is-impossible-to-know-how-many-irregular-migrants-remain-in-ceuta\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain says it is \u201cimpossible\u201d to know how many irregular migrants remain in Ceuta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain\u2019s Minister of Territorial Policy, \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres, said Monday that it is <strong>\u201cimpossible\u201d to provide an accurate count<\/strong> of how many irregular migrants remain in Ceuta after the mass arrival from Morocco in late July, despite the government previously estimating the number at around 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to 20 Minutos, Torres said in an interview with Cadena SER Canarias that <strong>at least 4,000 people have voluntarily returned to Morocco<\/strong> since August 10, while authorities have identified at least <strong>2,000 migrant minors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the final figure remains uncertain. Many of those who entered the Spanish autonomous city are reportedly scattered among reception centers, makeshift camps, hidden locations or relatives\u2019 homes, with some lacking legal documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish National Court announced Monday that it will investigate the events, describing the mass entry as potentially constituting <strong>\u201ccriminal conduct\u201d<\/strong> that seriously affected Spain\u2019s territorial integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s Minister of Territorial Policy, \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres, said Monday that it is \u201cimpossible\u201d to provide an accurate count of how many irregular migrants remain in Ceuta after the mass arrival from Morocco in late July, despite the government previously estimating the number at around 5,000. According to 20 Minutos, Torres said in an interview [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":523160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611,50],"class_list":["post-523159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto","tag-madrid"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2c63","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/XBQ7SWTBNRDXHMMKYM3JNRTN7A.avif","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/XBQ7SWTBNRDXHMMKYM3JNRTN7A.avif"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}