Thousands of migrants in Ceuta wait in limbo while Spain figures out what to do with them

Migrants in Ceuta have been moved to makeshift shelters by Spanish police

Officials estimate that 9,000 to 10,000 migrants — including about 2,000 minors — could still be in the city

For weeks, migrants in the Spanish territory of Ceuta had gathered on a beach away from the city center, sleeping on cardboard sheets, under reed huts and guarding their few possessions in tattered plastic bags.

Migrants in Ceuta have been moved to makeshift shelters by Spanish police

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, wit

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.

After thousands of migrants entered the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta in July, many who remain, including women, girls and other unaccompanied minors, have struggled with basic food, water, shelter and sanitation needs.

After thousands of migrants entered the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta in July, many who remain, including women, girls and other unaccompanied minors, have struggled with basic food, water, shelter and sanitation needs.

At least 500 migrant girls will be moved from the North African enclave of Ceuta to mainland Spain following reports of sexual assault.

Ceuta leaders want children returned to Morocco, but Madrid says deporting them is 'outrageous'.

Pedro Sánchez's government is planning the urgent transfer to mainland Spain of 500 migrant girls who arrived in Ceuta, as several regions refuse to host them, while the EU backs sending these unaccompanied minors from Ceuta back to Morocco.

Some women who entered Spain’s ⁠North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the ⁠hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment. More than a dozen women have set up camp on a wooded roadside running up to the barb

Camped outside, the women are sleeping in the open air along with hundreds of other Moroccan, sub-Saharan and South Asian migrants.

CEUTA, Spain, Aug 18 - Some women who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment.

Migrant women tell of sexual harassment in Spain's crisis-hit Ceuta  reuters.com

Brussels has claimed that Meta and TikTok have voluntarily agreed to ramp up censorship efforts in the wake of the Ceuta migrant invasion last month.

Humanitarian tents planned for Ceuta as Spain tackles migrant influx  euractiv.com

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing. Moroccan state broadcaster Medi 1

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing.

Moroccan police arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta | ITV News  ITVX

The latest attempt comes two weeks after tens of thousands of would-be migrants, driven by poverty and misinformation, rushed toward Ceuta in one of the deadliest migration crises to hit the region.

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta  Toronto Star

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta

Moroccan security forces arrest nearly 300 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Ceuta  apnews.com

Grassroots calls for a second incursion into Ceuta from Morocco fell flat over the weekend, with security tight and authorities turning back the relative handful who tried to make the move.

Border workers had issued several warning to Spanish authorities prior to the migrant surge in Ceuta between 29-30 July, but they say Madrid did not act.