The operation concerns a settlement located on El Trampolín beach, in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. The start of the clearance operation was reported by EL PAÍS, the only source cited in the available materials.
According to EL PAÍS, around 3,000 people remain in the settlement, living in precarious conditions on the sand. The figure was reported by the newspaper alongside the news of the police operation.
For the operation, according to information published by the newspaper, the Interior Ministry sent three heavy vehicles to Ceuta.
EL PAÍS linked the deployment of the vehicles to the expectation that the operation would be very complicated. However, the available data do not provide further details about how the operation was carried out.
The report therefore concerns the start of the clearance operation and the deployment of the vehicles indicated by the Interior Ministry, while providing no assessment of the operation’s outcome.
EL PAÍS published the information on October 4, 2026, according to the date given in the materials provided and in the newspaper’s URL. That date indicates the article’s publication and, on its own, does not establish the overall duration of the clearance operation.