Published on
21/08/2026 - 14:46 GMT+2
The Government of Ceuta and its cleaning crews will, on Friday, try to clean up Trampolín beach for the second time, according to the newspaper "Faro de Ceuta". There, they will first attempt to carry out a new eviction of the approximately 500 migrants, although there are no official figures, who are thought to have returned over the course of Thursday afternoon to this kind of makeshift camp, after being transferred to temporary reception centres that same morning.
The situation appeared to have been resolved on Thursday when cleaning crews entered after the initial eviction, but over the course of the afternoon, the migrants returned to the makeshift camp. The migrants fear, in part, that their relocation to the four new centres opened by the central government will be a first step towards their expulsion to Morocco.
Numerous encampments or shacks have been put up this week on Trampolín using reeds, plastic bags and cardboard. The figures for those camping there are once again all over the place, depending on which authority is asked, as is the number of transfers on Thursday morning to the temporary facilities at Loma Margarita and El Embolsamiento, which have a capacity of 1,800 people.
