00:00Welcome back. The migration crisis in Europe continues. Thousands of people remain stranded in Ceuta in large reception camps several
00:07weeks after a massive crossing at the border between Morocco and Spain. Our correspondent, Sergio Rodrigo, has the details.
00:18How are you, Telesur viewers? We're speaking to you from Trampolin Beach, where dozens of people are crowding together and
00:24setting up makeshift camps behind me.
00:29Most are citizens of Moroccan origin, many of them young people, but also families, entire families, children traveling alone, and
00:36women, some accompanied, some alone, and some even with children in their care.
00:43It's a very complicated situation. Spanish authorities estimate there may be around 2,000 people, but the reality is clear,
00:51the number is much higher.
00:53Additional military facilities have been set up, a virtually makeshift camp run by the Spanish army, where many of these
00:59people are reluctant to go for fear of being deported to Morocco.
01:04Some of the testimonies we've already gathered in these early hours come from people fleeing the Moroccan regime, who speak
01:10of precarious living conditions and the lack of rights and freedoms faced by many of them.
01:14And it's striking that there are also many unaccompanied minors here, boys and girls, who are alone on this.
01:25Trampoline Beach, which is guarded by the Spanish military.
01:31In recent hours, many of them have been deported and are being forced to move to these military camps, so
01:36that authorities can keep track of the number of people and, above all, determine which individuals are potential asylum seekers
01:43and which should be returned, primarily to Morocco.
01:51A complex situation that has been addressed following the meeting of the National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Pedro
01:58Sánchez, during which a unified command structure was established, a unified command led by Spanish government authorities that will manage
02:05much of this crisis.
02:10This situation, which nearly 20-something days after the arrival of thousands of people, more than 80,000, continues to
02:17wreak devastation and has also sparked discontent among the population, who this afternoon have called for a demonstration against the
02:23presence of these people so that this autonomous city, located in northern Africa, can return to normalcy.
02:32Well, the situation here right now is indeed extremely precarious.
02:38We're talking about thousands of people who have been practically forced onto the streets they're living on these beaches.
02:46The authorities want to find a solution to speed up the process, and to that end, they want to urgently
02:51pass several regulations, primarily to expedite the deportation of these people.
02:57It's important to remember that the European Union's release pact provides for these deportations practically as a last resort.
03:03It also provides for the establishment of camps at border crossings, as well as in third countries.
03:11The Spanish government is preparing all of this to coordinate with European authorities to ensure the deportation of primarily Maghreb
03:18citizens.
03:18But we must remember that there are people here who, in many cases, even those arriving from Morocco, find themselves
03:25in a situation of extreme vulnerability.
03:29Yet who are also seeking protection, from members of the LGBTQI plus community, to women fleeing forced marriages, to minors
03:37whose situations are very complicated.
03:40In the sense that in Morocco, there are dozens of boys and girls living alone on the streets, and many
03:45of them took advantage of the days between July 29 and 30 to cross the Tarahal border and seek protection
03:51here, within a city that, although not part of the Schengen area, belongs to the Spanish state.
03:57Here is a cleanup operation to try to get rid of all these tents and have these people go to
04:01the nearby army camp.
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