Spain expands Ceuta migrant shelters to ease crisis
- The Spanish government announced on Thursday the creation of shelters for 1,800 migrants in Ceuta in a bid to relieve the humanitarian crisis there following last month's influx from Morocco.
- Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush into the north African territory on July 30-31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish government figur
- Spanish authorities have cleared the El Trampolín beach area in Ceuta, relocating around 1,500 migrants and asylum seekers according to official government figures.
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- The Spanish government announced on Thursday the creation of shelters for 1,800 migrants in Ceuta in a bid to relieve the humanitarian crisis there following last month's influx from Morocco.
- Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush into the north African territory on July 30-31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish government figur
- Spanish authorities have cleared the El Trampolín beach area in Ceuta, relocating around 1,500 migrants and asylum seekers according to official government figures.
Sources: France 24