Spanish police have removed approximately 3,000 migrants from a camp on Trampolin beach in Ceuta before King Felipe and Queen Letizia's visit scheduled for October 13-14. The migrants were living there for two months and will now be relocated to temporary accommodation or returned to Morocco. This action follows recent tensions over border crossings from Morocco, including clashes with Spanish authorities, and allegations of excessive force by the military against migrants.
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Spanish police cleared a migrant camp on Trampolin beach in the North African enclave of Ceuta ahead of an upcoming royal visit by King Felipe and Queen Letizia. Around 3,000 migrants were living there for about two months before being moved to temporary accommodation where they will be processed or returned to Morocco. This action comes after more than 72,000 migrants crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta in late July, causing local tensions and resource strain. The royal visit, scheduled for October 13-14, is significant given longstanding territorial disputes between Spain and Morocco, which claims sovereignty over both Ceuta and Melilla.
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Spanish police have cleared 3,000 migrants from a Ceuta camp ahead of King Felipe and Queen Letizia's visit to the North African enclave this month.
right describes the clearing of migrants as an action taken in preparation for royal visit
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Authorities moved the migrants from Trampolin beach, where they were living in tents and makeshift homes for two months, to temporary accommodation. They will then be processed or can go back to Morocco
right describes the relocation of migrants as a process of enforcement
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The army has since come under fire for allegedly using excessive force against migrants after Madrid increased the presence of authorities across Ceuta.
left criticizes use of force by military in dealing with migrants
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Spanish police have cleared 3,000 migrants from a Ceuta camp ahead of King Felipe and Queen Letizia's visit to the North African enclave this month.
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police → clear → enclave
Authorities moved the migrants from Trampolin beach, where they were living in tents and makeshift homes for two months, to temporary accommodation.
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they → move → accommodation
They will then be processed or can go back to Morocco, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
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spokesman → process → Sunday
King Felipe and Queen Letizia are due to visit Ceuta from October 13-14 for the first time in his 12-year reign.
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Felipe → visit → reign
The visit comes amid longstanding friction with Morocco, which claims sovereignty over both Ceuta and Spain's other North African enclave, Melilla.
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which → come → Ceuta
The royal family's exact plans are not yet known but their itinerary is reportedly expected to be released in the coming days.
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Riot police officers stand among the shelters of the makeshift camp on El Trampolin beach in Ceuta during the eviction of 3,000 migrants
It comes ahead of a trip to the city by King Felipe and Queen Letizia later in October
Earlier this summer tens of thousands of migrants crossed the border from Morocco sparking a crisis that led to clashes with Spanish police and military over the past two months.
More than 72,000 crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta in late July.
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While most of the migrants later went back, at least 10,000 remain in the city, straining local resources and fuelling tensions.
But the army has since come under fire for allegedly using excessive force against migrants after Madrid increased the presence of authorities across Ceuta.
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Last month a series of videos emerged showing Spanish soldiers chasing down and beating migrants in the city.
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One video captured in Ceuta showed soldiers grabbing a young migrant boy and holding him down as they smashed him with batons.
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they → capture → batons
He was forced to wriggle free and tumble down a litter-strewn hill to get away.
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Further footage showed two soldiers beating a single migrant in the dead of night, before walking away.
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Earlier this summer tens of thousands of migrants crossed the border from Morocco sparking a crisis
Authorities moved the migrants from Trampolin beach, where they were living in tents and makeshift homes for two months, to temporary accommodation
Another clip showed migrants being roughed up following a raid.
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One man was heard pleading for help as he was shoved against a concrete wall.
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Another was shoved to the floor by one soldier, while another hit him with a baton.
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The videos, shared by local media, have already drawn the ire of the Prime Minister's office.
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In a statement, an official told El Diario: 'We express our complete dismay and condemnation of these images, and the Government will, of course, open an investigation into the matter.'
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The videos come out just days after the enclave was preparing for a potential new mass surge of migrants.
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Social media was rife with calls for migrants to enter the city again when elections were being held in Morocco, causing high tensions in the Spanish city.
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Thousands of Ceuti people marched to the border with Morocco to protest against the reported planned crossing.
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Police were deployed to quell a riot at the Loma Colmenar detention centre.
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It comes after accusations that Spanish soldiers had allegedly used excessive force against migrants after Madrid increased the presence of authorities across Ceuta
Boats patrol the sea in the fog off the makeshift migrant camp on El Trampolin beach
Several police units were called in, with footage shared by local media showing a riot van in place with lines of officers in head-to-toe riot gear.
In front of them stood dozens of people who appeared to be migrants.
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The riot van sounded its alarm in an apparent warning to those gathered.
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Police were also called to a makeshift migrant shelter in Loma Colmenar – and many of the inhabitants were reportedly minors.
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Officers raided the house following neighbours' complaints.
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