Spanish Police Clear Migrants From Ceuta Beaches
Spanish Police Clear Migrants From Ceuta Beaches
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Spanish riot police began an operation Friday to clear thousands of migrants off the beaches of Ceuta, Spain's enclave on the North African coast, and move some of them into temporary housing, Reuters reported.
Officers fired rubber bullets into the air and struck people with batons as the operation got under way, according to Reuters.
Police moved hundreds of migrants from the beaches to a new tented area on Friday morning, France 24 reported.
Several thousand migrants are still in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco in late July, France 24 said.
Timeline
Tens of thousands of people cross the border from Morocco into Ceuta, France 24 reported. Several thousand of them remain in the enclave.
Spanish police start moving hundreds of migrants off the beaches of Ceuta toward a newly built tented area, according to France 24.
Riot police fire rubber bullets into the air and hit people with batons as they work to clear the beaches and move some migrants into temporary housing, Reuters reported. The Daily Mail published video footage it said showed people charging through the streets of the enclave toward the new camp, cheering and shouting as they ran.
Reactions
Reuters described a forceful police operation, reporting that officers fired rubber bullets into the air and struck people with batons as they moved in on the beaches.
The Daily Mail framed the scene as an enclave "under siege," reporting that thousands of migrants moved through the streets as police tried to steer them to an official tent camp, and publishing footage of people running toward the site cheering and shouting.
France 24 described the operation in flatter terms — police moving hundreds of people off the beaches to a new tented area, with several thousand migrants still in the city.
What's Next
Spanish authorities are moving migrants off the beaches and into the new tented area and other temporary housing, according to Reuters and France 24. The sources did not say how long the operation is expected to take.
Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta, so the pressure on the enclave's temporary shelter does not end with the beach clearance.
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