Spain installs floating barrier in Ceuta after calm night following border rush
Spain is installing the barrier after about 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in 24 hours, with at least 67 deaths reported.
- On Saturday, August 1, Spanish Civil Guard police began installing a 500m floating barrier at the Tarajal breakwater in Ceuta to prevent further unauthorized migrant crossings from Morocco.
- Around 60,000 people crossed into Spain starting Thursday, July 30, in a mass rush that left at least 67 people dead, prompting the immediate installation of the new barrier.
- Twenty-Two European Union governments requested an emergency meeting on Friday, July 31, urging the bloc to assist Madrid in regaining control of the border, while Italy suspended Schengen travel arrangements with Spain.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez criticized governments calling for Spain's exclusion from the Schengen area, calling such reactions "selfish" and "unlawful" while rejecting claims residency programs encouraged the surge.
- Designed to stand 30 to 70 centimeters above water and extend one meter below the surface, the pneumatic barrier includes a channel allowing Civil Guard vessels to patrol the breakwater effectively.
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It began at 7:50 today the installation of floating containment barriers off the Tarajal Pier, in Ceuta, to hinder the access of migrants who arrive by swimming, while the night in the Spanish Autonomous City in Morocco has passed without new irregular entrances and without major accidents. According to the sources, the main element [...] Article A Ceuta is installed the floating barriers anti-migrants. And citizens erect barricades Video comes …
Spain deploys sea barrier after mass Ceuta migrant crossing kills 67
CEUTA, Spain — Spain will install a 500-meter sea barrier along the maritime border of its North African enclave of Ceuta after a mass migrant crossing from Morocco left at least 67 people dead and prompted renewed calls for tighter European border coordination.Spanish authorities said between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week. The death toll rose to 67 on Saturday, with victims dying by drowning or in a stampede…
Stop to install a 500-metre fence in the sea between Ceuta and Morocco after the eruption of thousands of migrants.
A serious crisis has erupted in the Spanish city of Ceuta after thousands of illegal immigrants entered the country from Morocco. According to the Spanish government, the death toll has risen to 67. The army has been deployed to control the situation, and security has been increased at the border and a new barrier has been installed.
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