The Spanish government has installed a 500-metre floating barrier at Ceuta’s Tarajal breakwater.
According to La Moncloa, work started at 7.50am on Saturday following what officials described as a night that had passed ‘normally’.
The main structure consists of a 500-metre inflatable barrier rising between 30 and 70cm above the water, with a submerged section extending up to one metre deep.
The system has been reinforced with a first line of anchored buoys supplied by the Spanish Navy, while a dedicated navigation channel has been left open to allow Guardia Civil patrol boats to monitor and protect the barrier at all times.
The government said all irregular arrivals had ceased overnight, while the return of migrants to Morocco continued ‘without any significant incidents’.
The barrier forms part of Spain’s emergency response after almost 50,000 people crossed into Ceuta from Morocco earlier this week, prompting the deployment of additional Guardia Civil officers and military personnel to reinforce security at the border.
