The Spanish Government took over direct control of 16 thousand square meters at the Port of Ceuta this weekend through an extraordinary ministerial decree, to install temporary reception tents for over a thousand migrants. The decision comes after the refusal of the local port administration, managed by the autonomous city, which considered the transfer incompatible with the normal operation of the port. The Madrid executive invoked the "exceptional nature of the situation in Ceuta" to circumvent the unfavorable vote of the board of directors, responding to a request from the State Secretariat for Migration. The new provisional infrastructure includes dormitories, infirmary stations, social areas and sanitary blocks. The measure comes in response to the pressure generated by the massive entries at the end of July, when more than 70 thousand people attempted to cross the border, with approximately five thousand migrants currently remaining in the city, hundreds without formal shelter.
oRegiões06/09/26, 13:30
