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On 4 November Torres put returns at more than 15,000. The City attributes other figures to the Government

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On 4 November Europa Press wrote that the minister Ángel Víctor Torres, after the Situation Committee, put at more than 15,000 the migrants returned to Morocco since 10 August. He spoke of about 100 minor-repatriation files. The same day El Faro de Ceuta attributes to the City, through Alberto Gaitán, that the Government gives 14,974 voluntary returns and 630 judicial expulsions, and 109 files for minors with no response from Morocco. They are figures from two parties. This archive does not reconcile them.

• Europa Press, 4 November: “there are already more than 15,000 migrants who from 10 August to today have already returned to Morocco.” That is the figure the outlet attributes to Torres after that day’s Situation Committee. It is not merged with the 13,823 of 27 October, with the “about 13,000” that El Faro attributed to Saiz on 2 November, or with the 13,215 voluntary returns and 608 expulsions on earlier cards.
• The same piece attributes to him 3,600 identified minors, more than 300 relocated, about 100 minor-repatriation files sent to Morocco, and 7,000 places with 5,800 occupied. He also speaks of dismantling some camps “in the coming days.” That is an announcement of his, according to the outlet. This card does not treat any particular camp as dismantled. The 7,000 places and the 5,800 occupied are not merged with the more than 7,500 places Saiz gave on 2 November or with the 7,477 of 27 October. Places are not the people housed. The 3,600 identified minors are not merged with the 3,560, the 3,434 or the 3,619 on earlier cards.
• The same 4 November, El Faro de Ceuta attributes to the City, through Alberto Gaitán, that the Government gives 14,974 voluntary returns and 630 judicial expulsions. It writes “109 new files for the repatriation of minors, but Morocco does not respond.” The about 100 files for minors are the ones Europa Press attributes to Torres. The 14,974 is not merged with the more than 15,000. The 630 is not merged with the 608 expulsions of 27 October. The 109 is not merged with the about 100. This archive does not choose a figure.