The Government promotes the "voluntary return" of dozens of migrants to Morocco with the eviction from the beaches of Ceuta
Half of the Maghrebis who continued in the last stretch of Benítez are leaving back to the neighboring country to avoid the mandatory triage and subsequent denial of asylum
The Spanish government is actively promoting the "voluntary return" of dozens of migrants to Morocco by evicting them from the beaches of Ceuta. Before dawn broke, riot police descended upon the sand at Benítez. Around 400 Maghreb nationals, mostly men, were still present on the beach near El Trampolín, having entered Ceuta via the massive crossing.
They were living in makeshift tents. Most of the settlement was evicted on Sunday, but dozens of shacks remained, which were finally cleared in a second operation on Tuesday. At eight in the morning, the police demanded the migrants leave the tents. "Everybody out!" shouted an officer. In the sheds, the migrants awakened from their nighttime sleep and exited with their belongings.
"To Morocco? To Morocco?" they repeatedly asked, fearing deportation. They were then transferred to various buses heading to the Temporary Reception Center for Foreigners (CATE) near El Tarajal, but about two hundred returned to Morocco. On the other side of the border crossing, Moroccan gendarmes loaded them onto other vehicles and transported them to different locations in the neighboring country.
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