Border Alert Heightened Amid Mass Influx Fears; Quake Jolts Granada
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Spanish and Moroccan authorities have significantly heightened security along the Ceuta and Melilla borders, deploying thousands of police and military personnel in anticipation of a potential new mass entry of migrants. The government has also adopted a tougher stance on immigration as the crisis in Ceuta continues, with hundreds still sleeping on the streets and grim reports of concrete niches being prepared for unclaimed migrant bodies.
Separately, a magnitude 5 earthquake, with its epicenter in Alhendín, has struck Granada, causing material damage and triggering an emergency phase across Andalusia.
In other domestic news, the recent extension of the Almaraz nuclear power plant has reportedly opened a significant rift within the government's energy roadmap, while residents in Palma are organizing public dinners to protest against over-tourism.