Spanish Police Evacuate Migrant Camp in Ceuta Ahead of Royal Visit

Spanish police cleared a migrant camp on Trampolin beach in the North African enclave of Ceuta, where about 3,000 people had lived in tents for two months. The 72,000 migrants who crossed from Morocco in late July were largely repatriated, but at least 10,000 remain in Ceuta, straining local resources and fueling tensions. Police moved the remaining migrants to temporary accommodation where they will be processed or can return to Morocco, according to a Spanish interior ministry spokesman. Locals held a demonstration calling for the migrants’ departure. King Felipe and Queen Letizia are scheduled to visit Ceuta on October 13‑14, a first in the monarch’s 12‑year reign, amid longstanding friction with Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla.