According to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, 305 people entered the occupied city of Ceuta through the wall separating the city, while 478 people entered by sea, according to data from January 1 to October 31, compared to the same period in 2021.
According to the ministry’s report, the total number of migrants arriving in Ceuta by land has maintained its high, as the provisional data indicates, compared to the same period in 2021.
The report recorded a decrease in the total number of migrants arriving in occupied Ceuta by sea, compared to the same period last year. In 2021, the number was 596 people, and this year it decreased to 118 people, which represents a decrease of 80.2 percent, with 478 fewer immigrants.
With consideration of the number of boats that crossed to occupied Ceuta, in 2021 a total of 121 boats were registered during the period between January 1 and October 31, while 27 boats were registered during the same period this year.
Furthermore, In the past two weeks, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior recorded the entry of 7 migrants to the occupied city of Ceuta by sea, and 33 people by land through breakwaters or the fence.