In Ceuta, migrant reception centers overwhelmed from opening day

Fifty days after more than 70,000 illegal immigrants from Morocco arrived in the Spanish city of Ceuta, the reception centers set up by authorities were overwhelmed from the moment they opened, according to reports by Le Monde.

The Madrid government claims to have created over 6,000 accommodation places, set up in tents, to respond to the influx seen in recent weeks in the Spanish enclave located north of Morocco.

Despite this hosting capacity, an estimated 3,000 to 8,000 people remain without shelter and are forced to stay on the streets.

The scale of this influx, in which more than 70,000 people crossed the border from Morocco, is testing the logistical capacity of local and national authorities in Ceuta, the Spanish city-enclave that regularly faces migration pressures due to its proximity to Moroccan territory.

Spanish authorities have not specified, based on available information, what measures are being considered to close the gap between the number of available places and those still without shelter.