On September 18-19, 2026, Spanish police used rubber bullets, batons, and warning shots as they moved hundreds of migrants from beaches in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta to a temporary port camp. At least 10,000 of the roughly 72,000 migrants who breached the border fence from Morocco in July remain in Ceuta, with several people injured during the operation.
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Spanish police have begun moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of Ceuta to the enclave's port area.
Spanish police in Ceuta on Friday morning started moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of the Spanish enclave to a new tented area. Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco in late July.
Chaotic scenes as Spanish police clear Ceuta migrants from beaches An initial stampede resulted in warning shots being fired into the air and several people injured as the migrants were transferred to temporary shelters
MADRID, Sept 18 - Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets into the air and struck people with batons on Friday as they began an operation to clear thousands of migrants off beaches in the North African enclave of Ceuta and move some of them into temporary housing.
Spanish police launch operation to clear Ceuta migrants off beach Reuters
Police reportedly fired into the air on Friday morning as they struggled to contain crowds jostling to secure a place at the tented site.
Police reportedly fired into the air on Friday morning as they struggled to contain crowds jostling to secure a place at the tented site.
Police in Ceuta used batons and fired shots into the air as they began moving migrants from beaches to a new camp.
At least 10,000 of the 72,000 migrants who broke through fence from Morocco in July remain in the Spanish enclave.
Police on Friday moved hundreds of migrants from the beaches of Ceuta to a temporary camp in the Spanish enclave's port area. The police operation takes place weeks after a record influx of people into Spain's North African tiny territory. During the transfer, the police struggled to contain crowds jostling to get a place at the new tented site. The policing takes place with the issue of migration