Thousands of residents rallied in Ceuta on Sunday to demand an urgent government response following a mass entry of migrants into the Spanish enclave on July 30. Organizers said more than 10,000 people filled Constitution Square, while national police put the figure at just over 5,000.
The demonstration, called by the city's Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu communities alongside a neighborhood federation, lasted roughly an hour without incident. City President Juan Vivas attended alongside assembly members and cross-party representatives. The central moment was the reading of a manifesto by Hindu community leader Ramesh Chandiramani, which described the situation as "extraordinarily critical" and denounced a "violation of territorial integrity." The text demanded an "immediate, decisive, and proportionate" response from Madrid and European institutions.
Government delegate Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano did not attend. Protesters later marched to the government delegation offices, where they chanted for his resignation.