Sánchez's 10,000-Place Target Exposes Contradictions in Government's Own Return Figures

Analysis published a day after Sánchez's 10,000-reception-place announcement noted it sits awkwardly against the government's own claims that roughly 90% of the ~70,000 arrivals were returned to Morocco within 72 hours and that 200 migrants are voluntarily returning daily. Territorial Policy Minister Ángel Víctor Torres' own figures show 5,482 voluntary returns since the Aug 10 program began — an average of about 155 per day, not 200 — while security-force sources cited in the report said daily returns rarely exceed 100-200 and are usually just 10-20, estimating roughly 16,000 migrants remain in Ceuta versus the government's implied lower figures.