Ceuta Unveils 448.48M-Euro Migrant Fallout Budget

Every good thriller needs a crisis with a budget, and Ceuta just produced one: 448.48 million euros for 2027, aimed at the fallout from a late July influx of migrants. It covers services, neighborhoods, restoration and jobs, and it expects Spain's central government and the EU to chip in. Seven million euros for extraordinary cleaning over five months means someone at city hall is drafting a very long chapter about mops. Extra security hours have run 300,000 to 400,000 euros a month since the influx began. Councillor Kissy Chandiramani says the money lasts until things return to normal, the most optimistic deadline I've seen since my last publisher asked for a sequel. A 4.3 million euro emergency fund only kicks in after January 1, 2027, so the next emergency has been asked to wait its turn. The city also wants the central government to schedule closing the temporary shelters. Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.