Overview
- Spanish police supported by the military removed roughly 3,000–3,500 people from the improvised Trampolín beach camp, which Monday were transported by bus to the Tarajal crossing for onward processing.
- At the crossing officials offered people a choice to cross back into Morocco voluntarily or to register and be placed in tent reception centres, a step many migrants fear will record biometric data and increase deportation risk.
- RTVE reported that about 600 Moroccans returned voluntarily on the first day of the operation and that many others fled into nearby forests on the second day rather than register.
- Authorities cited catastrophic hygiene, repeated violent fights and reports of sexual assaults in the camp as reasons for the clearance, while NGOs such as Mission Lifeline said the heavy security presence undermined any claim of true voluntariness and demanded individual protection assessments.
- The clearance comes days before a planned visit by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and leaves unresolved tensions in Ceuta over processing, potential returns to Morocco, and the need for legal oversight and monitoring of removals.