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National Court Temporarily Halts Migrant Camp at the Port of Ceuta
The court temporarily suspended enforcement of the Transport Ministry order while it reviews an urgent precautionary measure requested by the Unified Police Union. The decision affects the temporary setup planned on port land.
The National Court ordered the Ministry of Transport not to move ahead, for now, with the camp planned at the Port of Ceuta to house and assist migrants who arrived in the city in late July. The measure is temporary and will remain in force until the court rules on the urgent suspension request filed by the Unified Police Union (SUP), according to La Vanguardia and elDiario.es.
The appeal challenges the resolution issued by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility on September 5, 2026, which authorized the use of about 16,000 square meters in the Poniente expansion area of the port to set up a temporary reception facility. La Vanguardia said the planned capacity was 1,000 people, while elDiario.es placed it at nearly 1,000.
Before ruling on the precautionary measure, the Administrative Litigation Chamber asked the ministry to urgently send the resolution and the case file documentation. Until that request is resolved, the judges ordered that the directive not be enforced, according to both outlets.
According to La Vanguardia, the central government had decided to take control of the port to install a tent intended for the temporary accommodation of migrants, after Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas refused at the last minute to cede two plots. That outlet added that the Port Authority maintained that public port land does not allow occupations intended for residence or housing, while the executive responded that only temporary tents were planned and no buildings would be constructed.
elDiario.es indicated that the official plan was to open by midweek a space that, according to that version, would have capacity for 1,700 people and would allow some of those remaining in improvised settlements to be moved, especially from El Trampolín beach. It also said the SUP proposed alternatives such as the temporary use of a hotel ship and warned about security and fire risks.
La Vanguardia added that in one of the areas planned within the port, work had already been underway for the past two weeks to erect nearly 50 tents, with space for more than 500 people, and that there were even reports of an imminent opening.
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