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Police have begun moving hundreds of migrants in Ceuta to a new tented site in the port area of the Spanish territory in north Africa.
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Officers struggled to contain crowds of people jostling to secure a place at the site after weeks of living on the beaches.
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Shots could be heard, with reports that police fired into the air.
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Several hundred migrants have now reached the camp, which has a capacity for 1,700 people.
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Most of the 72,000 migrants who breached the border from Morocco in July have returned, but it is believed that more than 13,000 remain in the enclave.
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The operation began at about 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday, with more than 3,000 migrants being transferred, according to the Spanish government-owned news agency Efe.
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During the process, some migrants broke through the cordon along the designated 2km (1.2 mile) route to the port.
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Video shows young men running in the darkness as police tried to maintain control.
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More than 170 police officers have been deployed, including drone technicians, Efe reported.
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It added that the situation was later "brought under control quickly", and the operation was able to continue.
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The operation is part of the government's attempt to concentrate the migrants in facilities where they can be identified and cared for while their administrative status is individually determined.
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The chaotic scenes will do little to dampen opposition criticism in Spain of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who has faced strong criticism over his handling of the crisis.
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Since the migrant influx, residents of the 18.5 sq km (7.2 sq miles) territory have expressed safety concerns.
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Some have destroyed shelters and blocked aid being supplied to the migrants.
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Ceuta's Mayor Juan Jesus Vivas told lawmakers in the European Parliament earlier this month that the migrants had turned Ceuta into a "pressure cooker".
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"The city is completely different than it was before this event, Ceutans have lost their joy and their lifestyles have been completely shaken up," the conservative mayor said.
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The opposition also accused Sánchez of knowing about the influx of migrants in advance.
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Sánchez has insisted that it was impossible to predict, but according to government documents, its intelligence services had warned of social media calls for a mass migrant crossing into Ceuta the day before the events happened.
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Ester Muñoz of the conservative People's Party said the government was "directly responsible for the invasion of Ceuta and for those who died".
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The incident has also created diplomatic headaches for Sánchez.
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The prime minister is at odds with Italy, with the two countries earlier this week extending temporary border controls imposed on each other.
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He is also trying to maintain his bilateral relationship with Morocco.
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The influx of migrants in late July came after Spain's Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta cannot be summarily returned to Morocco.
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After the ruling, some social media accounts spread misinformation and offered to help migrants cross the Spanish border for hundreds of pounds.
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Thousands of people then flooded across the border fence and swam around the ocean barriers.
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At least 100 people died during the crossing, according to local authorities.
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