21 migrants detained in Ceuta after incidents with security forces

A total of 21 migrants, all of them Moroccan, have been detained in the last few hours in Ceuta for their alleged participation in a new stoning of a military patrol, as well as civil guards, without any injuries. The incident occurred late this Saturday night in the vicinity of Trampolín beach, a place where hundreds of migrants continue to sleep in this area of ​​the coast.

According to police sources, the migrants were participating in fights among themselves, after which they decided to throw stones at an Armed Forces patrol that was nearby. The Civil Guard intervened and was also stoned, incidents that ended with the arrest of 21 people.

The Association of Spanish Troops and Sailors (ATME) this Sunday regretted the incidents and has assured that these events against the Armed Forces are being repeated "because they are not invested with sufficient authority to be able to carry out their work in an effective and forceful manner." The ATME has demanded “immediately” recognition as agents of authority and also as a “risk profession since every day the confrontations are more numerous and the attacks more continuous.”

The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, assured this Sunday that the tents that are being installed in the port of Ceuta to care for migrants are “temporary” and will be dismantled when the migrants “are returned.”

"The tents are temporary, they are booths that are going to be dismantled and therefore they are not meant to stay in Ceuta. They are being put up to be returned because the sooner we file them, the sooner they can be returned," the minister defended.

Torres explained that the port plots and those in the La Reina area were included in a royal decree approved “unanimously” by the National Security Council and the Situation Committee. However, he has criticized that when the works were underway, the Port Administration Council transferred technical reports contrary to its location.

Regarding migrant minors, Torres has advanced that there may currently be between 1,500 and 1,600 minors already affiliated in Ceuta, although he has specified that the exact data will be announced on Tuesday. Regarding the King's visit to the autonomous city, Torres has insisted that it will take place "in the coming weeks."

On the other hand, Torres has supported the position expressed by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, that there is currently no evidence of Moroccan involvement in the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta. The minister has indicated that, if evidence appears, the Executive will act “accordingly” to it, but has demanded “rigor.”