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Police and migrants outside the "caseta" this week.
Malaga fairground now used to house new migrant arrivals

Malaga fairground now used to house new migrant arrivals

Faced with a lack of space for the growing numbers reaching Spain, alternative places to house the migrants are being used

Á. FRÍAS / J. CANO

Friday, 9 November 2018, 13:44

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The city council in Malaga has opened up its pavilion at the city's show ground to central government as an emergency base to temporarily accommodate migrants arriving from north Africa by boat.

Faced with a lack of space for the growing numbers reaching Spain, alternative places to house the migrants are being used. So far this year the Red Cross has taken care of 7,000 arrivals in Malaga province, when in the whole of last year the total was 2,292.

Pictures were published last week of migrants sleeping on the ground near the port under a temporary awning, drawing criticism.

The pavilion or "caseta" on the show ground, on the outskirts of the city, is usually only used each August to host town hall events and guests during the annual Malaga Feria. There were 253 men in the first group of migrant arrivals there this week, where they are held before being moved on to formal processing centres.

Central government hopes to build a permanent migrant reception facility in Malaga port, similar to one in the Campo de Gibraltar.

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