Over €30M
Estimated losses in local commerce and public spaces.
Source: Estimates from the city's business sector.
A broad-based citizens' initiative to restore wellbeing to the people of Ceuta, guarantee human rights, and support the safe return home of those who crossed the border.
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We're already 28,409 people for Ceuta
Goal: 100,000 signatures
Over €30M
Estimated losses in local commerce and public spaces.
Source: Estimates from the city's business sector.
141
People who died on both sides of the border.
Source: Caminando Fronteras. The number confirmed by the authorities is lower.
7,000 – 10,000
People who remain in Ceuta today.
Source: Current estimates; official figures have varied.
What this initiative calls for is the return of everyone who has arrived to their respective countries of origin, provided their lives are not at risk, and with humane and respectful treatment. We promote the climate of respect and coexistence that Ceuta has always shown among its citizens, and we want the social and economic development of our city to flourish again.
Our story
Those who died, and those who are sleeping in undignified conditions today, are people — not numbers, and not pawns sent by unscrupulous governments to act against Ceuta.
A Spanish city of around 80,000 inhabitants cannot indefinitely absorb an emergency affecting a proportion of its population on this scale.
Spain, Morocco and the European Union must be held accountable, and it must be established how the situation was allowed to reach this point.
The ultimate goal is to restore public spaces, security, economic activity, public services and community life.
For this reason, the best solution is for all these people to return to their countries of origin, except in humanitarian cases requiring protection, and always with safeguards, assistance and dignified treatment.
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People and organisations from all over Spain who have already joined this citizen initiative.
Our intention is that on 2 September we will send the signatures to all political groups and national, European and international organisations, so that they can see that Ceuta no se vende, se defiende (Ceuta is not for sale, it is defended).
“Ceuta no se vende, se defiende.” (Ceuta is not for sale, it is defended.)
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An open, civic text with no political affiliation, written by residents of Ceuta.