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El Gobierno despliega una barrera flotante en la frontera de Ceuta

El Supremo determinó que las devoluciones en caliente de migrantes solo son aplicables a quienes entran “superando elementos de contención fronterizos, como las vallas”

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Spanish security forces have installed a pneumatic barrier, approximately 500 meters long, at the Tarajal frontier spigot between Ceuta and Castillejos to curb the influx of migrants, according to sources close to La Moncloa. This measure is deemed necessary to repatriate individuals who have crossed the border by swimming, without contravening the Supreme Court's ruling that such deportations are not permissible for those who enter by swimming into Ceuta and Melilla.

The court ruled that express rejection is only applicable to those attempting to enter by "overcoming the established border containment elements, such as fences."

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