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Puerto mediterráneo al amanecer con tiendas vacías de un campamento temporal tras una valla
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Ceuta clears port migrant camp and moves people to shelters

The National Police returned before 07:00 to the port camp in Ceuta in a second operation to clear and close it, moving migrants to other settlements or to the…

--- The context --- In Ceuta, temporary reception spaces were opened after the mass entry at the end of July and spread across the city, up to a total of siete, with some 7.000 places and around 5.800 people registered. --- The facts --- Early on Monday morning, the National Police deployed a new operation at the temporary migrant camp in the port, aimed at removing all the people staying there and closing the site afterwards. According to the Higher Police Headquarters, officers returned before 07:00 on Monday in a second operation that continues the one carried out on Sunday, and a major deployment remained this morning around the camp. --- The positions --- The stated main objective is to move all the migrants to other settlements established by the Government or to the Temporary Attention Centre for Foreigners, if they have not yet been duly registered. The Government launched the operation on Sunday to regroup the port migrants elsewhere and gradually close the temporary reception spaces opened. --- What remains unknown --- No figure has been given for how many people were moved on Monday, nor how they will be divided between settlements and the temporary centre, nor the closure timetable. --- Unanswered questions --- To which settlements will the people removed from the port go, and under what conditions will they be housed? How will registration be completed for those not yet duly registered? What will happen to each person moved once the port camp is closed? --- EPM analysis --- The removal is not only a change of location: behind it lies the closure of a temporary emergency arrangement, and the need for nobody to fall outside orderly reception. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the move from the port will only make sense if each person leaves with a clear destination, with registration completed where it applies and with reception that is not interrupted along the way. Closing a temporary camp may be necessary, but the measure will be judged by the treatment of the people moved and by continuity of care.
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