
10月4日,西班牙政府称,周日该国警方清理了北非飞地休达一处海滩上的移民营地。两个月前,数万名移民从摩洛哥越境进入此地。
Oct 4 - Spanish police on Sunday cleared a migrant camp on a beach in the North African enclave of Ceuta, where tens of thousands crossed the border from Morocco over two months ago, the Spanish government said.
7月下旬,超过7.2万名移民从摩洛哥进入休达。虽然大部分人后来返回了摩洛哥,但仍有至少1万名移民滞留在这个西班牙在北非的飞地,导致当地资源紧张并引发紧张局势。
More than 72,000 crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta in late July. While most of the migrants later went back, at least 10,000 remain in the Spanish enclave in North Africa, straining local resources and fuelling tensions.
西班牙内政部发言人称,警方将约3000名在特兰波林海滩上搭帐篷、搭建临时住所生活了两个月的移民转移至临时安置点,随后将对他们进行身份登记或协助其返回摩洛哥。
Police moved migrants from Trampolin beach, where around 3,000 people were living in tents and makeshift homes for two months, to temporary accommodation where they will be processed or can go back to Morocco, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.
这个仅有8万人口的小飞地内,无家可归的移民引发了持续的紧张局势。周六,当地居民举行示威活动,要求这些移民离开。
Tensions have persisted over the presence of migrants sleeping rough in the tiny enclave, which is home to 80,000 people. Locals held a demonstration on Saturday calling for the migrants to leave.
费利佩国王与莱蒂西亚王后定于10月13日至14日访问休达,这将是国王执政12年来的首次到访。此次访问正值西班牙与摩洛哥关系紧张之际,后者声称对休达以及西班牙在非洲北部的另一飞地梅利利亚拥有主权。
King Felipe and Queen Letizia are due to visit Ceuta on October 13 to 14 for the first time in his 12-year reign. The visit comes amid longstanding friction with Morocco, which claims sovereignty over both Ceuta and Spain's other North African enclave, Melilla.