Fact

On 28 August Marlaska put the entries at 72,000 and those still in Ceuta at about 5,000

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At the Interior Committee on 28 August 2026, according to RTVE, Fernando Grande-Marlaska spoke of 72,000 people who had entered Ceuta, of about 5,000 who remained and of 1,500 minors among them. He also said that up to 29 July there had been 1,026 entries by swimming and 2,857 Moroccan interceptions. These are figures from that hearing, not those in the CENIF report. These are the figures from the appearance of 28 August. Later counts of minors, returns or personnel are recorded on their own date and are not substituted here.

• RTVE attributes this comparison to him: one cannot go «from 300 in a day, or 400 at most», to 72,000, and the entry of 30 and 31 July «could not be foreseen».
• RTVE attributes to him the figure of 72,000 people who entered in late July, of whom about 5,000 remained, 1,500 of them minors.
• RTVE attributes to him that up to 29 July there were 1,026 entries by swimming and 2,857 interceptions by Morocco.
• These figures are not added here to, or replaced by, the CENIF estimate of 75,000 to 85,000 or the range of 70,000 to 80,000 he gave on 9 September.
• These are the figures from the appearance of 28 August. Later counts of minors, returns or personnel are recorded on their own date and are not substituted here.