60,000 Migrants Surge Into Spain's Ceuta, Surpassing 2021 Crisis With 67 Dead

An estimated 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in late July 2026, surpassing the 2021 crisis and creating Spain's most acute migration emergency in years. Spain's Interior Ministry confirmed 67 deaths as of August 1. Reuters reports social media rumours and economic hardship fueled the surge, while several migrants cited lax Moroccan border controls.