On the beaches of Ceuta, a Spanish enclave smaller than many city parks, thousands of migrants have been living in the open since July, when a court ruling and a surge of social media messages combined to bring tens of thousands across the Moroccan border in a matter of days. In September, police moved in before dawn to relocate hundreds to a tented facility at the port, firing warning shots into the air as the crowd pressed forward — a scene that distilled, in a single chaotic morning, the collision between legal obligation, humanitarian need, and the limits of a small territory absorbing an
Police fire into air as Spain moves thousands of migrants from Ceuta beaches
At least 100 people died during the July migrant crossing into Ceuta; thousands more have been living on beaches for weeks.