Government prepares replacement for Ceuta delegate after his resignation announcement
Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano has said he will leave his post as Government delegate in Ceuta, and officials are already working on his successor.
Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, the Government delegate in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, has formally indicated his desire to vacate the position, and senior officials in Moncloa say a replacement is being prepared. The decision is framed as a personal one following weeks of intensive activity. A judge from the Audiencia Nacional, María Tardón, is overseeing the main investigation into the migrant entries that occurred in late July, and she also holds the case concerning Pérez Triano’s actions.
The legal proceedings were triggered by a complaint lodged by the watchdog group Manos Limpias. Earlier, Pérez Triano’s chief of staff, Gonzalo Sanz, resigned after a conflict over information he said he relayed from the CNI to the delegate. This week, the judge will take statements from Sanz and from Juan Jesús Vivas, the president of the autonomous city, as part of the ongoing inquiry.
Why it matters
The change could affect how Madrid manages Ceuta’s security and migration challenges.
How this story developed
- Aug 21 Spanish police detain five suspected migrant smugglers operating from Ceuta
- Sep 12 A police‑commissioned report described Moroccan border police as unusually sparse and granting migrants “total permission.”
- Sep 13 Minister Sira Rego urged autonomous communities to assume responsibility for Ceuta’s unaccompanied minors.
- Sep 13 The foreign minister announced an urgent trip to Brussels for talks with EU officials.
- Sep 16 The Guardia Civil raided a cramped apartment on Real street in central Ceuta, finding 25 migrants - six of them minors - living in squalid conditions.
- Sep 18 The Audiencia Nacional's Contentious‑Administrative Chamber approved the use of Ceuta port for a temporary migrant shelter.
- Sep 18 about 850 migrants were settled in 50 tents at the port while others returned to beach camps
- Sep 19 The port camp filled within hours, leaving many migrants still without shelter on the streets and beaches.
- Sep 24 Sánchez formally requested explanations and corrective measures from Morocco.
- Sep 26 Morocco’s foreign minister announced the country's readiness to receive Ceuta migrants at the UN General Assembly.
- Sep 26 Thousands gathered in Madrid for a second “March for Dignity”, calling for snap elections and the expulsion of migrants who arrived in Ceuta.
- Sep 26 A second “March for Dignity” was held in Madrid, drawing tens of thousands of participants.
- Sep 27 Ceuta residents marched demanding stronger border controls and an end to sexual assaults.
- Sep 28 Frontex added that the western Mediterranean corridor recorded a 34% rise.
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