Spain's king pledges visit to Ceuta and solidarity after mass migrant crossings

King Felipe VI will make an official visit to Ceuta in the aftermath of the mass migrant crossings, the city's regional president Juan Jesús Vivas said following a meeting with the monarch at the Marivent Palace in Mallorca on Thursday. During the audience, the king expressed support, sympathy, and solidarity with Ceuta's residents over the events of 30–31 July, having earlier conveyed his "great concern and indignation" over the crisis. The visit would be Felipe's first to Spain's North African enclaves since his proclamation twelve years ago. Before the royal audience, Vivas met with Balearic Islands President Marga Prohens at the Consolat de Mar in Palma, where Prohens accused the national government of having "abandoned" border protection. Vivas said Ceuta remains "far from normality" a week after the crossings, which the Interior Ministry placed at some 72,000 people, most of whom have since returned to Morocco. At least 19 migrants have died and more than a dozen remain missing in waters near Mallorca.