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Police in Ceuta move hundreds of migrants from beaches to tented port facility

Spanish police have begun transferring hundreds of migrants from local beaches to a tented area within the port of Ceuta. The operation follows weeks of individuals residing on the shoreline after crossing into the enclave from Morocco. The full scope and timeline of the relocation process have not been independently confirmed.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 8 publishers; unresolved.
  • arabnewsPolice
  • francePolice
  • jpostSpain
  • bbcPolice
  • aljazeeraPolice
  • vijestiŠpanska policija
  • timesofisraelPolice
  • rfila police
WhereCeuta
35.889, -5.320 ±10 km
First reported37 days ago
Published2026-09-18 10:04 UTC
Sources13
How this travelled.
Reports15Independent tellings11
11 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Police in Ceuta move hundreds of migrants from beaches to tented port facility. 2026-09-18T10:04:26.463Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2735. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-18/police-move-hundreds-of-migrants-still-in-ceuta-off-beaches-2dedadb3

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