Scrambles to get a spot at the migrant camp at the port of Ceuta

BarcelonaThe transfer of migrants to the camp set up at the city's port is underway in Ceuta. After the National Court finally authorized this Thursday the relocation of more than 1,700 people to this space, Spanish police and Civil Guard officers began the transfers early in the morning from the Trampolín and Benítez beaches, where many of the adults and minors who entered the autonomous city on July 30th are living in poor conditions.

As reported by Europa Press and as can be seen in videos recorded on the ground, numerous migrants have run out to avoid being left without a place in the Spanish government's provisional facilities, which has caused moments of stampede and loss of control. It should be noted that on the aforementioned beaches it is estimated that until now there were more than 4,000 people, more than double the capacity of the port's facilities.

The possible transfer to the new facilities, moreover, has caused dozens of migrants who were in other parts of the city to join the groups on the beaches in the last few hours, reports the Efe agency. Many of them had been alerted by compatriots who have been in these settlements for weeks to approach the starting point of the transfers.

The PP, immersed in a competition of toughness on immigration with the far-right Vox, has not taken long to try to profit from the images of people running that have been seen in Ceuta during the transfer. "Immediate return. Government resignation," exclaimed the secretary general of the Popular Party, Miguel Tellado, via X. All this, hours before the party leader and opposition leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, visits Ceuta today, where he is expected to lash out at Pedro Sánchez's government.

Beyond the reception, the port facilities are designed for the identification and, where appropriate, the processing of the expulsion file for those being hosted, as the Spanish government remarked this Thursday. Sources from the delegation in Ceuta cited by Europa Press express their concern that some people may try to enter the camp by force once it reaches its capacity limit, with the goal of leaving behind the precariousness of the city's streets or beaches.