Interior presupuesta nueve millones de euros para reforzar la frontera marítima de El Tarajal
Los trabajos incluirán la prolongación del espigón de Ceuta y la instalación en el agua de un sistema balizado para desplegar una red hasta el fondo del mar
The Spanish Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday the beginning of procedures to extend the El Tarajal lighthouse, the point on Ceuta's border with Morocco where over 70,000 irregular migrants entered on July 30 and 31. Over 80 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean. The construction cost, which spans two phases, is estimated at seven million euros, plus an additional two million for installing a beacon system to deploy a high-resistance suspension net from the ocean floor.
This will replace the 500-meter flotilla barrier the government hastily installed after a massive surge two months ago in the autonomous city, which is now severely damaged by waves. Interior's aim is not to deter or prevent new arrivals but to cover the legal loophole opened by a Supreme Court ruling that prohibited returning them to shore precisely because they had not violated any "containment element."
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