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After Most Migrants Leave Ceuta, Exhausted Holdouts Find Shelter on Beach
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Approximately 400 men, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, remain stranded on a beach in Ceuta, Spain, after crossing the border from Morocco amid a recent mass influx.
- Many of these men, including Djibril Mboup, have gone nearly two days without food, relying on limited aid such as pistachios given by Spanish police officers.
- Despite hunger and harsh conditions, the group is determined not to return to Morocco, expressing a strong resolve to stay in Ceuta.
- This situation follows the arrival of over 50,000 mostly young Moroccan men who crossed into Ceuta earlier in the week, overwhelming the small Spanish city.
- While most of the initial arrivals have returned to Morocco, the remaining group on the beach represents a continuing humanitarian and political challenge for Spain.
