Felipe VI will receive this Thursday at the Marivent palace the president of the autonomous city of Ceuta, Juan José Vivas, where the Royal Family spends their holidays, according to the Royal Household’s announcement on Wednesday afternoon. The audience, which was not planned, takes place just one week after on July 30 a human tide, made up of 72,000 people, according to the latest official count, irregularly broke into the autonomous city through the Tarajal crossing.
The Royal Household released a statement last Saturday in which, in unusually forceful terms, it explained that the King had followed “with great concern and indignation the serious events in Ceuta and, to a lesser extent, also in Melilla.” The statement reported that the King had remained in contact with both the presidents of the two autonomous cities, as well as with the president of the Government and the leader of the opposition,” to whom he had conveyed “words of encouragement and firmness.” “The King believes it is necessary to adopt all those measures that convey in a united, clear, and decisive manner to the populations of Ceuta and Melilla the support and affection of the rest of Spain,” the statement added. “The State must ensure their security and prevent these events—which have also resulted in a sad and tragic loss of dozens of lives—from happening again,” it concluded.
On the other hand, Felipe VI sent a congratulatory message to the King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, on the occasion of the Throne Day of the Alaouite monarch, last July 30, which coincided with the massive influx of immigrants in Melilla, according to the Moroccan agency MAP. La Zarzuela has confirmed the congratulation but clarified that it is a protocolary gesture made with heads of State on the occasion of their respective national celebrations and that it is sent, at the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in advance so that Spanish embassies can deliver it on the date of the festivity.
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Felipe VI has not officially visited Ceuta since he assumed the Head of State in 2014. The kings Juan Carlos and Sofía did, in November 2007, when they had already reigned for 32 years.
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