Ceuta evacuates beach camp housing 3,000 migrants
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Libe
Ceuta authorities began evacuating the Trampolín beach camp on Sunday 4 October, where around 3,000 migrants had been living after July's mass arrivals. More than 350 police officers took part in the operation, carried out by sector because there was insufficient space in reception centres, according to El País and Europa Press.
Ceuta authorities began evacuating a camp on Trampolín beach on Sunday 4 October, where around 3,000 migrants were living, according to Libération. The operation continued on Monday at what was the largest camp in the Spanish exclave, set up after July's mass arrivals.
Around 50 vans, three riot-control vehicles and a dozen military vehicles blocked access to the site from 8am, reports Spanish daily El País. The authorities evacuated residents in groups, sector by sector, in an operation lasting around 12 hours. Many residents were Moroccan and several chose to return home.
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