Ceuta migrants allege mistreatment by soldiers as camps are cleared
Migrants in the Spanish city of Ceuta say Spanish soldiers mistreated them after authorities cleared migrant camps. The clearance took place ahead of a royal visit.
Migrants in Ceuta, a Spanish city on the North African coast, allege that Spanish soldiers mistreated them after authorities dismantled migrant camps there. The claims were reported in an Al Jazeera video report published on 11 October.
What people allege
The report's headline says the migrants allege they were beaten. According to Al Jazeera, these are allegations of mistreatment by Spanish soldiers. The source gives no figures on injuries, no names of those affected and no details of individual incidents.
The camp clearance
Authorities cleared the camps in Ceuta ahead of a royal visit. The source does not specify which member of the royal family is due to visit, when the visit will take place or how many people lived in the camps. It also does not say where the migrants are now.
It is not known whether the authorities or the army have responded to the allegations. The source contains no such comment, so for now the accusations rest on the migrants' own accounts.
