Overview
- Spanish police began escorting migrants on foot from the Trampolín and Benítez beach camps into a tented reception centre at Ceuta’s port on Friday, provoking crowding, clashes and police intervention during transfers.
- The new harbour facility holds about 1,700–1,800 people while an estimated 3,000–4,000 migrants remain in the improvised beach camps, creating a clear shortfall in available places.
- Officers fired warning shots into the air as groups tried to surge into the site and dozens reportedly attempted to storm the camp, leaving some people injured and prompting intensified control measures.
- The Audiencia Nacional denied an emergency injunction from the police union SUP this week, clearing legal obstacles to using the port area that the central government placed under its control in early September.
- Madrid says it will speed up returns but must individually assess asylum claims and protect minors, a constraint that along with local disputes over planning has heightened political pressure and could push calls for deeper EU support for Ceuta and Melilla.