Unrest broke out in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta on September 18 during the transfer of hundreds of migrants to a new reception centre in the port, RTVE reports.
The migrants were escorted on foot by police over a distance of around two kilometres to the port in the early morning.
The transfer began before dawn. Security forces accompanied a large crowd from the makeshift camps on the beaches of Trampolín and Benítez to the port, where the new reception centre has capacity for around 1,800 people.
However, an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 migrants had been staying in the provisional beach camps.
According to media reports, parts of the group initially began walking and later broke into a run during the transfer. The migrants apparently wanted to secure a place in the new reception centre as quickly as possible. Police had to bring on additional officers to bring the crowd under control.
The central government in Madrid is struggling to manage the consequences of the mass arrivals on July 30 and 31, when the government estimates that up to 80,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta. Most of them subsequently returned to Morocco, but thousands remain in the enclave.
The centre at the port is the fifth temporary reception camp in Ceuta. It is intended to ease pressure on the city and help with the registration and care of migrants, thousands of whom have spent around one and a half months on the streets, under difficult conditions.
By Vafa Guliyeva
