Spanish police clear migrant camp on Ceuta beach
Around 3,000 migrants were moved from Trampolin beach to temporary accommodation in Ceuta, where at least 10,000 remain after crossing from Morocco in late July.
Ceuta, Spain. Spanish police on Sunday cleared a migrant camp on Trampolin beach in the North African enclave of Ceuta, the Spanish government said. Around 3,000 people who had lived there in tents and makeshift homes for two months were moved to temporary accommodation.
Migrants moved to temporary accommodation
The migrants will be processed at the temporary accommodation or can return to Morocco, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.
More than 72,000 people crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta in late July, over two months earlier. Most subsequently returned, but at least 10,000 remain in the Spanish enclave, straining local resources and fuelling tensions.
Residents call for migrants to leave
Tensions have persisted over migrants sleeping rough in the enclave, which has a population of 80,000. Local residents held a demonstration on Saturday calling for the migrants to leave.
Royal visit planned amid friction with Morocco
King Felipe and Queen Letizia are due to visit Ceuta on October 13–14, marking their first visit there during his 12-year reign.
The visit comes amid longstanding friction with Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Spain’s other North African enclave, Melilla.
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