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On 10 November Saiz put returns at 15,671 and aid at up to €10 million

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After the Council of Ministers on 10 November, La Moncloa attributes to Elma Saiz, with data to 9 November, that 15,671 people have returned to Morocco since 10 August: 14,942 voluntarily, 277 expulsions and 452 devoluciones. 1,500 international-protection files have been resolved and there are 849 asylum withdrawals. She announced aid to Ceuta of up to €10 million, with 5 already paid, and the Buybono programme. The 15,671 are not merged with earlier figures. The 277 expulsions are not compared with the 638 of 3 November. The up to €10 million are not the €45.3 million of Royal Decree-Law 30/2026 or the €45,320,000 the City estimates.

• La Moncloa, summary of 10 November: “since 10 August, 15,671 migrants have returned to Morocco, of whom 14,942 did so voluntarily, while 277 expulsions and 452 devoluciones have been recorded.” Europa Press quotes Saiz: “15,671 migrants have returned to Morocco since 10 August. Of them, 14,942 did so by voluntary return. There have been 277 expulsions and 452 devoluciones.” Europa Press states that these are figures updated to 9 November. That is the spokesperson’s figure that day.
• The 15,671 are not merged with the more than 15,000 that Europa Press attributed to Torres on 4 November, nor with the 14,974 voluntary returns and 630 expulsions that El Faro attributed that day to the City, nor with Saiz’s “about 13,000” of 2 November, nor with the 13,823 (13,215 voluntary and 608 expulsions) of 27 October.
• On 9 November RTVE writes, as the latest official figures Saiz gave on 3 November: 14,818 people returned, of whom 14,180 were voluntary returns and 638 expulsions. That is an earlier figure. The 277 expulsions and the 452 devoluciones of 10 November are that day’s breakdown. 638 is not 277. This card does not subtract one from the other.
• On 10 November EFE writes that the Civil Guard estimated that “approximately 88,146” migrants “could have returned” to Morocco. That is a Civil Guard estimate, with another verb and another metric. It is not merged with the 15,671.
• La Moncloa: “1,500 international-protection files have been resolved and 849 withdrawals of asylum applications have been counted.” Europa Press attributes the same two figures to her. They are not merged with the 1,697 formalised, 853 resolved and 704 unfavourable of 27 October.
• La Moncloa: aid to Ceuta “of up to €10 million, of which the first €5 million have already been paid,” and “the Buybono programme, which will offer direct discounts on purchases.” Europa Press writes that from that Tuesday the programme of direct discounts will be in operation, without using the name Buybono. The name is La Moncloa’s. The up to €10 million are not the €45.3 million of Royal Decree-Law 30/2026 or the €45,320,000 of extraordinary spending that the Government of Ceuta estimated on 1 November.
• On 10 November El Faro writes “practically 16,000” returns since 10 August and then quotes Saiz’s breakdown (14,942, 277 and 452). “Practically 16,000” is El Faro’s wording. It is not an official figure distinct from the 15,671.