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Ceuta still has 2,500 migrants without shelter

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At least 2,500 migrants were still without shelter in Ceuta at the end of September, two months after more than 70,000 people arrived from Morocco. The humanitarian situation remains difficult, with accusations of police violence, according to Madrid’s estimates and the source’s account.

At least 2,500 people were still without accommodation in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on the northern coast of Africa, at the end of September, according to estimates by the Madrid authorities. These migrants arrived during the mass influx of more than 70,000 people from Morocco on 30 and 31 July.

In the Tarajal industrial area, several hundred Moroccans have set up a makeshift camp, where there are also young men and minors. The humanitarian situation remains marked by a lack of support and by violence attributed to security forces.

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