The Alaouite kingdom has demonstrated this Saturday its control over the border that separates Morocco and Spain in Ceuta. After intensifying surveillance near the El Tarajal breakwater, where just over half a month ago at least 141 people drowned or were crushed, according to humanitarian organizations, a strong operation has blocked the passage of hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans who intended to irregularly reach the autonomous city. The thousands of gendarmes, with the help of speedboats, helicopters, drones, and dogs, have charged against the immigrants, even using tear gas. While the people of Ceuta held their breath for fear of a new avalanche, Morocco has reported, by the dozens, the people it was arresting for trying to cross into Spain: 111 migrants at 2:30 p.m.; 148 an hour later; almost 300 past 6:00 p.m…

Morocco has ordered this Saturday, without offering further explanations, the journalists from EFE and TVE sent to Fnideq (the former Castillejos, southwest of Ceuta,) to leave the town, where they are covering the situation in the border area.

Morocco is demonstrating its control at the border with Spain by blocking the passage of hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans trying to approach the El Tarajal breakwater, through which more than 70,000 people entered two weeks ago with the permissiveness, at that time, of Rabat. Police sources tell La Vanguardia that this time the Alaouite kingdom is cooperating to prevent the new attempt at a mass crossing, encouraged in recent days on social networks, from succeeding. Ceuta, which has not yet returned to normal, is holding its breath with the fear that the avalanche will repeat, seeing how the autonomous city woke up this holiday August 15 with an unprecedented police deployment.