Overview
- King Felipe VI and the queen are on a two‑day official visit to Ceuta while the official programme does not include the beaches or the industrial border area.
- Authorities completed a high‑visibility cleanup of the main Playa del Trampolín encampment ahead of the visit, removing tents, debris and makeshift structures.
- People from the cleared sites were moved into container reception facilities or directed toward the Morocco border, and the government says more than 10,000 people have returned to Morocco since mid‑August.
- Journalists were denied access to the container reception sites, some migrants remained hidden after the clearance, and aid groups report ongoing rudimentary medical care and unaccompanied minors housed in warehouse bunk beds.
- Local residents and neighborhood leaders call the cleanup symbolic and say the actions have shifted problems into other parts of the city, raising concerns about transparency, protection and political fallout for Spanish and European authorities.