Clashes in Spain's Ceuta Month After Mass Migrant Influx
Police and soldiers moved to restore order as residents blocked aid, burned shelters and demanded deportations amid anger over thousands of migrants.
- Anti-Migrant protests in Ceuta have escalated, with demonstrators burning migrant shelters and blocking Red Cross aid convoys following a large influx of migrants from Morocco a month prior.
- Thousands protested in Ceuta over security and hygiene concerns, resulting in clashes where police used tear gas and a military vehicle was attacked by migrants.
- More than 70,000 migrants entered Ceuta in late July; while most returned to Morocco, thousands remain, causing tension among residents.
- The Spanish government responded by increasing personnel, allocating significant funding, and creating a single command to manage the crisis, urging legal respect and calm.
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One month is the mass influx of up to 80,000 African migrants – but the Spanish exclave does not come to rest. Social tensions are dramatically increasing, and there are still 8000 migrants in the small town. A sense of insecurity is growing among residents, there are protests. Although most of the mainly young Moroccans returned to their homes after the mass influx 24 hours later, the displeasure about how to deal with the recent migration cris…
The protesters set fire to the camp on the beach, threw stones at the police and tried to block assistance to migrants.
Third day of protests in Ceuta: demonstrators break through police cordon and make their way to the beach
The protests have also led to clashes with migrants and journalists, the blocking of food distribution, damage to beaches and stone-throwing at members of the military
The National Police cleared a street after dozens of people wanted to block an aid convoy. Previously, there were new incidents and twelve arrests of migrants that night.
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