Ceuta: migrant gatherings at Trampolín beach — strategy or coincidence?
The concentration of migrants at Ceuta's Trampolín beach borders an ammunition depot, the desalination plant and the electrical substation. Coincidence?
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Trampolín beach: the migrant gathering that has Ceuta on alert
A Guardia Civil (Spanish paramilitary police) patrol in front of a gate. On the other side: the ammunition depot, the desalination plant and the electrical substation that supply the city. That is the image circulating to explain why Trampolín beach has become the chosen landing point for migrants in Ceuta.
The location is no small matter. Some argue that the proximity to critical infrastructure is no coincidence: they recall that during the lockdown, a special team was flown in by helicopter to remove a single person from another beach, while now a gate and a Guardia Civil car are enough to guard access to the ammunition depot. So, the argument goes, the spot is not chosen at random.
Then there is the sceptical reading: security is spread across the city, the alerts are exaggerated, and what peine looks more like a fiction film than a deliberate plan. In between sits the date. As of 31 August, no one has explained why attention focused on that beach and not on others.
The truly striking fact is another one: it takes a Guardia Civil car in front of an ammunition depot for the question to be asked out loud.
A Guardia Civil (Spanish paramilitary police) patrol in front of a gate. On the other side: the ammunition depot, the desalination plant and the electrical substation that supply the city. That is the image circulating to explain why Trampolín beach has become the chosen landing point for migrants in Ceuta.
The location is no small matter. Some argue that the proximity to critical infrastructure is no coincidence: they recall that during the lockdown, a special team was flown in by helicopter to remove a single person from another beach, while now a gate and a Guardia Civil car are enough to guard access to the ammunition depot. So, the argument goes, the spot is not chosen at random.
Then there is the sceptical reading: security is spread across the city, the alerts are exaggerated, and what peine looks more like a fiction film than a deliberate plan. In between sits the date. As of 31 August, no one has explained why attention focused on that beach and not on others.
The truly striking fact is another one: it takes a Guardia Civil car in front of an ammunition depot for the question to be asked out loud.
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