Riot police fired rubber bullets to clear the sand at dawn Friday.

Roughly 10,000 people who arrived in July’s surge remain in the enclave with nowhere official to go, aid groups say.

Spain’s only land border with Africa sits here, making the enclave a pressure valve both Madrid and Rabat control at will.

New port housing holds 1,700 people, but aid groups say thousands still sleep in camps.

Sources: Al Jazeera Online