Spain prepares new site in Ceuta to accommodate migrants after July influx
Spain invoked its Ports Law to add tents and other facilities for more than 1,000 migrants after the port authority rejected the plan.
- The Spanish government has temporarily controlled 16,000 square meters in Ceuta for migrant care after mass arrivals in late July.
- This decision enables the Secretary of State for Migration to utilize the site for assistance to migrants.
- Transport Minister Óscar Puente signed the order under Spain's Law on State Ports.
- The ministry justified the measure by stating it is linked to national security.
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The regional government of Ceuta calls it a major mistake to use the port of the Spanish exclave for temporary migrant accommodation, reports news agency EFE. The Spanish government bypassed the local government on Saturday by temporarily taking over part of the port, to the dissatisfaction of local authorities.
In the midst of the migration chaos in Ceuta, the Spanish central government has set up a new camp for up to 1,000 migrants, some 20 metres from a crèche. Parents, educators and residents protest, but Madrid is holding on to the site and is now even securing the work from the police. While the small Spanish exclave has been fighting with crowded facilities, security problems and numerous sexual crimes since the mass arrival at the end of July, t…
Madrid. Faced with the saturation in the few makeshift shelters to respond to the migratory crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta, following the massive influx of more than 72,000 irregular migrants from Africa, the Spanish government took control of the port to set up a temporary humanitarian camp that will house more than a thousand foreigners.
The regional government had previously opposed the construction of such a tent camp in the port of Ceuta. Nevertheless, the left government in Madrid signed the order.
Police Bust Migrant Boats Reaching Mainland Spain from Ceuta for Third Day
At least three boats carrying illegal migrants reached Algeciras, Spain, on Saturday, marking a third consecutive day of fresh landings from Ceuta as traffickers exploit dense fog over the Strait. Police had already confirmed 148 mainland arrivals aboard 29 boats by 19 August, raising further concerns over the protection of the Schengen Area.
The Spanish transport minister has decided to take control of the port of the North African Spanish city of Ceuta and, overriding the local government's decision, authorise the construction of a temporary reception camp in the area surrounding the port for migrants who have arrived illegally from Morocco, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and other media outlets reported on Saturday.
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