In its first meeting after the summer break, the Council of Ministers met this Tuesday to formalize the creation of a single command that will be responsible for managing the crisis affecting Ceuta since the massive swimming entry of about 80,000 migrants on July 30 and 31. The person in charge of leading it will be the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, and it will include the President of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, the Government delegate in the autonomous city, and representatives from the National Intelligence Center. Torres, the Government spokesperson and Minister of Migrations, Elma Saiz, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, appear after the Council meeting.
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Prior to the meeting of the Prime Minister and his ministers, Pedro Sánchez had convened the National Security Council this morning as a first step required from a legal point of view. For the establishment of the single command, it was necessary for the body to declare the Ceuta crisis a matter “of interest to national security.” The decision was made almost a month after the start of the crisis, something that has been harshly criticized by the opposition. The Ceuta president, from the PP, had been asking for weeks to hand over control and management of the crisis to the central government as he was overwhelmed by the situation.
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The creation of the single command comes accompanied by the launch of a series of economic aids aimed at revitalizing the autonomous city, whose businesses have been affected after the arrival of thousands of migrants. However, the recovery plan ―which contemplates about 180 million euros, according to details given on Monday by the first vice president and Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo― has not yet been agreed upon this Tuesday in the Council of Ministers, but it is expected to be done in the coming weeks.
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