Spain Establishes Accommodation for Migrants in Exclave Ceuta
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Anyone driving through the streets of Ceuta immediately notices that the crisis is not over yet. There is not a beach or alley where the consequences of the storming of the Spanish exclave at the end of last month are not visible. Young migrants, in particular, are walking around everywhere; a large proportion of them are sleeping on the streets. The fact that 500 vulnerable children are being moved to the mainland seems, for now, to be mainly a…
In July, tens of thousands of migrants arrived from Morocco in the Spanish exclave Ceuta - most returned after that. For the remaining people, Spain's government is now setting up shelters.
Some 72,000 migrants had crossed the border in an unprecedented and deadly influx to this Spanish territory in North Africa on 30 and 31 July.
On Thursday, the Spanish government announced the establishment of accommodation centres for 1,800 migrants in Ceuta, in order to alleviate the humanitarian crisis following the massive arrival of migrants from Morocco last month.
"Temporary reception areas" is the term the government uses to describe the camps set up in Ceuta to accommodate migrants who arrived in the city after the mass influx at the end of July. The facility consists of 28 tents located in two areas, Loma Colmenar and Loma Margarita, although not all are yet operational. The aim is to provide temporary shelter for some of the people who have been living on the streets and on Trampolín beach in recent w…
At the end of July, according to the Spanish authorities, about 72,000 migrants had reached the exclave Ceuta located next to Morocco by land or swimming, killing dozens of people. About 70,000 migrants returned to Morocco a little later or were brought back there.1.800 migrants are said to remain in Ceuta, among them many unaccompanied minors. Most of them have slept on the street or on the beach for the past few weeks. Residents complain about…
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