Spain Regularises a Million Migrants While Expelling Thousands at Ceuta, as EU Calls Emergency Meeting

After 60,000 people surged into Spain's enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in late July 2026 — with at least 72 deaths — Spain rapidly expelled tens of thousands under bilateral arrangements with Rabat. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sánchez's government has proposed regularising up to one million undocumented migrants already in Spain to address labour shortages. The EU has called an emergency meeting as internal divisions over migration policy resurface.