The Government prepares spaces in Ceuta for migrants in the face of neighborhood protests
Operators work on installing tents next to a children's school in Los Rosales under police protection.
Quick Look
- The Spanish Government is preparing areas in Ceuta, including an area next to a nursery school in Los Rosales, to house migrants after the massive entry in July.
- The work has police protection against protests by parents and workers.
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Why It Matters
After a massive entry of migrants in July, the Government is looking for spaces for their identification and return. The lack of infrastructure has left people sleeping on the streets.
The Government continues with the work in Ceuta to prepare certain areas with the aim of housing the hundreds of migrants who still remain on the streets of the city after the massive entry in July, including one next to a children's school, where workers work this Saturday with police protection.
The Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, stressed last Wednesday that the authorization of these spaces is essential so that the identification process can be carried out and subsequently their return to Morocco in the vast majority of cases.
The Government has set up a plot in Loma Colmenar, another on the land of La Hípica and a third in the Tarajal industrial estate and is currently working on the conditioning of an esplanade located in the Los Rosales neighborhood, next to the Nuestra Señora de África nursery school.
The workers have accelerated the process to prepare this area in the face of protests from workers and parents due to the proximity of this location to a school where children from 0 to 3 years old are enrolled.
In fact, in recent days there have been several gatherings in the area to prevent the start of the works located in front of the school, which started this Friday.
The workers, who had to stop working on Thursday due to citizen protests, are carrying out the conditioning process this Saturday with the presence of members of the National Police to prevent incidents from occurring.
The workers are proceeding to set up two tents that will house the migrants who entered illegally and who are still sleeping on the streets or in the mountains of the city due to the lack of a sleeping space.
The CCOO union called this Friday for "the search for an alternative that makes it possible to make care for migrants compatible with the peace of mind of families and the proper functioning of public services."
For its part, the CSIF demands security guarantees before the opening of the new Nuestra Señora de África Infant School and has requested the Government of Ceuta "for urgent action before the opening of the new school, scheduled for next September 28."
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Opening of the nursery school on September 28
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Will the tents be relocated away from the school?
- What security measures will be implemented for September 28?
