Ceuta, Aug. 1 -- Spain on Saturday clarified that of the approximately 50,000 people who crossed irregularly into Ceuta on July 30, more than 48,000 have already been returned to Morocco in less than 48 hours.

The statement was posted by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.

Resharing the article on X, Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said, "Facts, not opinions."

https://x.com/jmalbares/status/2083528657897734632?s=20

Earlier today in a post on X, Foreign Minister Albares informed that it not possible to travel from Ceuta and Melilla to the Peninsula without identifying oneself at a police checkpoint.

"The integrity of the Schengen Area is absolutely guaranteed. Enough of this deliberate confusion," he added. ...