Police officers stand next to a bus by a peeling wall near El Trampolin beach in Ceuta during the eviction of the makeshift migrant camp. Spanish National Police began evicting the makeshift camp on El Trampolin beach in Ceuta on October 4, where more than 3,000 migrants, most of them young Moroccan men, were living. Dozens of police vans, armoured vehicles of the Police Intervention Units (UIP), drones and boats took part in the operation. People were taken by bus to the temporary centre at the Tarajal border to be identified, and the authorities plan to clear the beach in phases before October 15. The camp grew after a mass arrival at the end of July 2026 set off a migration and political crisis. Ceu - ZUMAs392 20261004_zip_s392_021

October 4, 2026, Ceuta, Ceuta, Spain: Police officers stand next to a bus by a peeling wall near El Trampolin beach in Ceuta during the eviction of the makeshift migrant camp. Spanish National Police began evicting the makeshift camp on El Trampolin beach in Ceuta on October 4, where more than 3,000 migrants, most of them young Moroccan men, were living. Dozens of police vans, armoured vehicles of the Police Intervention Units (UIP), drones and boats took part in the operation. People were taken by bus to the temporary centre at the Tarajal border to be identified, and the authorities plan to clear the beach in phases before October 15. The camp grew after a mass arrival at the end of July 2026 set off a migration and political crisis. Ceu - ZUMAs392 20261004_zip_s392_021