Ceuta Official Says 13,000 Undocumented Migrants Remain Stranded

The standoff has hardened into a numbers-and-leverage contest, with Ceuta's local government framing the stranded population as both a humanitarian burden and a sovereignty test. Madrid's response, not Vivas's, is the variable that matters: the enclave lacks the tools to resolve a border crisis it says is being weaponized. Whether the EU treats this as a migration-management file or a territorial-integrity one will shape how much pressure Morocco faces — and how long the stranded population remains in limbo.