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EFE wrote that Ceuta estimates extraordinary spending through 31 December at 45,320,000 euros

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EFE, in El Confidencial on 1 November, writes that the Government of Ceuta estimates at 45,320,000 euros the extraordinary economic impact of the entry on 30 and 31 July. The four-page report of the Finance department, sent to the Audiencia Nacional, adds spending already incurred and forecasts through 31 December 2026. It does not include care for foreign minors, or the losses of the Port Authority, the business fabric or the local economy. It is not the €45.3 million aid in Royal Decree-Law 30/2026. The amount looks alike and the concept does not. It is not a definitive figure either.

• EFE, in El Confidencial on 1 November: “The autonomous city of Ceuta has estimated at 45,320,000 euros the extraordinary economic impact caused by the mass entry of people on 30 and 31 July.” El Debate, the same day, also writes 45,320,000 euros. Europa Press, on 27 October, writes of a bill of “more than 45 million”. That earlier wording is not this figure and is not merged with it.
• The report is from the Finance department, it is four pages long and it has been sent to the Audiencia Nacional. It runs from the end of July to 31 December 2026 and adds spending already incurred and forecasts. It is the estimate of the Government of Ceuta, which is a party and a private prosecution in the case. It is not a figure fixed by the court.
• EFE: “that sum does not include the costs of care for foreign minors or the losses of the Port Authority, the business fabric or the local economy as a whole.”
• EFE itemises, inside that estimate, €31.7 million for the environment, cleaning and facilities, about 70 percent; €9.9 million for health and social services, €7.5 million of that on food; €1.48 million for education, €1.3 million of that on school security; and 690,000 euros in compensation for the suspended Fair. It also writes €40.67 million of current expenditure and €4.65 million of investment. Those are items in that piece. They are not added here to the 45,320,000.
• EFE writes that “they do not constitute a definitive figure for the economic impact of the events.” Teleceuta’s headline says that “it remains to be known how much has been executed.” This is not the €45.3 million aid in Royal Decree-Law 30/2026, which the Treasury put on 13 October: the amount looks alike and the concept does not. It is also not the loss above 75 million euros that EFE attributed on 30 October to the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Confederation. The aid is not treated here as covering this estimate.