The migratory pressure in Ceuta continues without respite. A total of 26 illegal immigrantsthree of them minors, have achieved swim in this morning for him Benzu breakwateralthough local media raise the figure to thirty, all of them Moroccan. Once again, with the complicity of the Alawite gendarmerie, which has not acted to prevent this new entry.
As has been happening recently, immigrants have taken advantage of the inclement weather to jump into the water, believing that in the days of heavy rain There is a smaller presence of agents in the border perimeter.
It should be noted that for several months now Morocco does not accept any returns at customs of the adults intercepted by the Civil Guard, refusing to apply the agreements in force on immigration, so the procedures remain in the hands of the National Police.
According to police and health sources, the northern Benzú border breakwater that separates Ceuta from Morocco has suffered successive entries from 10:00 p.m. this Thursday and until 6:00 a.m. this Friday.
Among the immigrants there are adults and minors, the youngest 16 and 17 years old and the oldest almost 50, as detailed The Ceuta Lighthouse. All of them have jumped into the sea from the center of Beliones, in the Moroccan region of Tangier-Tetouan, and have swum across to reach Benzú beach. Up to 26 people, all of them Moroccans, have managed to reach the Ceuta coast without any surveillance from the neighboring country.
There has also been another attempt to enter by a small group of immigrants who were trying to swim around the El Tarajal breakwater. In this case, agents from the Moroccan gendarmerie would have intervened to remove them from the water, according to the aforementioned media.
Red Cross has had to deploy a special operation in the area to provide health care to illegal immigrants, many of whom presented symptoms of hypothermia, contusions and bruises caused by rubbing against the rocks located in the vicinity of Benzú beach.
Furthermore, agents of Civil Guard They have been throughout the early morning providing assistance to the immigrants, many of whom have had to be helped to reach the shore, to which they arrived “exhausted” despite the short distance that separates the two coasts.