The autonomous city of Ceuta has started the day with the continuous arrival of people from Morocco early in the morning, after a night in which transit through the border area has not been interrupted at any moment, as verified by Europa Press.
Since this Thursday, thousands of immigrants have reached the autonomous city both by swimming and walking, skirting the breakwater that separates it from Morocco. Police sources indicate that more than 20,000 people have managed to access Spanish territory.
To contain the situation, the Army has deployed its tanks at the access to Ceuta from the breakwater, with the aim of preventing the newcomers from dispersing and directing them towards the Tarajal Industrial Estate, an industrial area filled with warehouses.
The flow of entries has not stopped in the early hours of this Friday, although during the night many immigrants have also returned to Tarajal to go back to Morocco on their own.
SLEEPING AND WANDERING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS
Foreigners continue to access the city, although no longer in such an uncontrolled manner as throughout Thursday. Authorities are trying to prevent immigrants from moving towards the urban center and the neighborhoods, where many of them have been sleeping or wandering since yesterday.
The immigrants, mostly Moroccans, wander disoriented through the streets of the entire city, without a clear destination, as the reception centers cannot accommodate more entries.
The adult center, the Temporary Immigrant Stay Center (CETI), is saturated with more than a thousand residents despite having 512 places. Additionally, new people continue to arrive in its vicinity, with more than a thousand already waiting to enter.
The resources in the Minors area have been "collapsed" since Wednesday, as reported by the Autonomous City. They have reopened two reception centers to meet the demand and are working to enable others.
The Interior announced that it had agreed with Morocco to return "as soon as possible" "all" migrants who had entered Ceuta illegally. Meanwhile, military personnel have been deployed at the border alongside the Civil Guard and also to ensure security throughout the autonomous city.
The president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, is traveling to Ceuta this Friday, July 31, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, to address the migratory crisis unleashed in the autonomous city with the uncontrolled entry of thousands of people from Morocco.