“The armed forces will reinforce the Guardia Civil in the exercise of its powers and any others that may be necessary to maintain security in the city of Ceuta,” the ministry said. Ceuta and Spain’s other north African territory of Melilla make up the EU’s only land border with Africa. View image in fullscreen The president of Ceuta has urged the Spanish government to declare a national emergency. “The situation is absolute chaos,” said Rachid Sbihi, the head of the association that represents Guardia Civil officers in Ceuta. The Guardia Civil spokesperson told Reuters: “It has been a slow trickle since the supreme court’s ruling, but today has been an explosion.”