The Fiscalía General del Estado has assigned three additional prosecutors to Ceuta, raising the local complement to eleven, and channelled more than €53 million to reinforce reception facilities and child-protection services in the enclave. The decision, published on 25 September and reported on 26 September, responds to the workload explosion following the late-July mass entry. Prosecutors will focus on age-assessment proceedings and the growing number of criminal investigations linked to public-order incidents in makeshift settlements such as Playa del Trampolín. The funding package will finance emergency shelters, medical care and the expansion of the Nave Victoria centre that currently hosts around 300 unaccompanied girls. City officials welcomed the move but warned that judicial bottlenecks persist: more than 2,000 age-assessment files remain pending and deportation orders cannot be executed until final legal clarity is obtained. NGOs argued that resources should prioritise individual legal counselling and mental-health support. For employers that rely on Ceuta’s logistics zone, the strengthened prosecutorial presence may accelerate decisions on detainees and reduce security incidents that have occasionally disrupted port operations. However, heightened law-enforcement visibility could also lead to more identity checks affecting regular migrant workers.
Source: Qué!
