Royal visit announced Ceuta minors await registry

Oct 1

RTVE announces that Felipe VI and Letizia will visit Ceuta and Melilla on October 13 and 14, the first royal visit to the two cities in nineteen years. The visit is announced during Ceuta's migrant reception crisis. Joaquín Martín reports that Sira Rego met neighbourhood groups and about twenty unregistered minors in El Príncipe, promised registration and accommodation that day and brought them to a football ground. Hundreds then gathered; the authorities lacked immediate capacity, and police said no registrations occurred there. The package puts the queue at about 300 minors and retains Rego's own promise. The live report cites the previous day's total of 2,566 registered minors and facilities being prepared at Caballerías and near Sidi Embarek. A brief Torres beach-clearance pledge links reception conditions to the planned royal visit. Local residents welcome the visit but call it late. Casa Real sources say it normalizes royal presence and discuss possible Moroccan reaction; city leaders and parties welcome it. PP suggests Sánchez's absence reflects fear of a hostile reception, while the government reiterates support and says Torres will accompany the royals. The 2007 visit is brief historical context. The report establishes neither the future visit nor successful registration or beach clearance.

RTVE reports Sira Rego meeting neighbourhood associations and around twenty unregistered minors in Ceuta's El Príncipe on October 1 and promising registration and accommodation that day. Hundreds then gather at a football ground; a package estimates about 300 waiting. Officials lack immediate capacity and National Police say none were registered there. The source retains her promise, the previous day's 2,566 registered-minor total and plans for additional reception spaces. It establishes no completed registration or accommodation for this queue.