Spain says 70,000 of 72,000 migrants who crossed into Ceuta have already returned

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Spain says 70,000 of 72,000 migrants who crossed into Ceuta have already returned  Spain says 70,000 migrants have returned to Morocco, denies the CNI warned of the crisis and says the EU backed its response while pledging stronger alert systems.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/04/spain-says-70000-of-72000-migrants-who-crossed-into-ceuta-have-already-returned  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:02Spain's Interior Minister has raised the number of migrants who illegally crossed the border between Morocco and Suta during the

00:09recent migration crisis to 72,000.

00:12According to the government, around 70,000 people have already left Spanish territory, while efforts continue to manage those who

00:20remain in the enclave.

00:21After meeting with the European Union's Interior Minister, Marlaska assured that the Schengen area was never at risk and defended

00:29Spain's response to the mass arrival of migrants.

00:34Hola, que hay buenas tardes a todas y a todos.

00:37Ceuta tiene un régimen especial en Schengen desde 1991, en el sentido de que ninguna persona puede salir de Ceuta

00:49sin un control efectivo documental, incluso los propios ciudadanos de la Unión Europea.

00:57The minister also denied that the National Intelligence Center had provided advance warning of a mass influx.

01:04He stated that had there been an alert, the government would have activated an emergency response plan.

01:11There, there, there, there.

01:14There.

01:15There.

01:16There.

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