Spain installs floating barrier in Ceuta after calm night following border rush
Spain is installing the barrier after about 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in 24 hours, with at least 67 deaths reported.
- On Saturday, August 1, Spanish Civil Guard police began installing a 500m floating barrier at the Tarajal breakwater in Ceuta to prevent further unauthorized migrant crossings from Morocco.
- Around 60,000 people crossed into Spain starting Thursday, July 30, in a mass rush that left at least 67 people dead, prompting the immediate installation of the new barrier.
- Twenty-Two European Union governments requested an emergency meeting on Friday, July 31, urging the bloc to assist Madrid in regaining control of the border, while Italy suspended Schengen travel arrangements with Spain.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez criticized governments calling for Spain's exclusion from the Schengen area, calling such reactions "selfish" and "unlawful" while rejecting claims residency programs encouraged the surge.
- Designed to stand 30 to 70 centimeters above water and extend one meter below the surface, the pneumatic barrier includes a channel allowing Civil Guard vessels to patrol the breakwater effectively.
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At least 72,000 migrants illegally entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, coming from Morocco last week. Among the measures taken by the government of Pedro Sanchez is the installation of a floating dam. Dimensions, composition... Here, in images, what does this extension of the border between Spain and Morocco look like. - Ceuta: what does the floating dam installed by Spain after the wave of migration at its border look like? (International).
The Ministry of the Interior anticipates that the maritime barriers installed in Ceuta after the entry of tens of thousands of people on 30 July will also be placed in Melilla. This is reflected in the instruction issued by the Secretary of State for Security, to which EFE has had access, on the installation of border containment elements on the maritime borders of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
Ceuta is protected on land by a kilometre-long border area. After the massive rush, Spain is now also putting on a floating barrier with special legal significance in the sea.
Alberto Gaitán, President and Governor of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, requested the floating anti-intrusion barriers on July 16th.
Correspondent Samira Jadir spoke with concerned family members who may have to say goodbye to a loved one following the rush on the Spanish exclave.
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