‘We have no tents or blankets’: Ceuta migrants struggle to survive brutal heat and freezing nights

Authorities wrestle with fallout from mass border crossing, as tense Spanish enclave fears it will happen again Along the wide avenues and tree-lined plazas of Ceuta’s centre, there were few hints of the recent events that catapulted the Spanish enclave on the north African coast into global headlines. But less than a mile away from the bustling bars and restaurants, at the nearby El Trampolín beach, the lingering impact was impossible to ignore. “We’re sleeping here on the beach, out in the open, without tents or blankets,” said Imad, 26, one of several thousand people believed to be still in Ceuta after last week’s extraordinary influx of more than 72,000 migrants into the Spanish territory on the edge of Morocco. “We don’t have bathrooms,” added the Yemen national. “I barely manage two hours of sleep, as it’s incredibly cold by the sea at night, and during the day the heat is unbearable.” One week on, while questions continue to swirl over what exactly prompted the incident, the city’s shops and markets have reopened and many of the 84,000 residents have resumed their daily routines. The scenes of normality clashed jarringly with a population left deeply