Two Days of Migration into Ceuta Beat All of Last Year for Spain

Around 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta — a Spanish city on Africa's coast — starting July 30, 2026, with 72 deaths. That two-day wave was larger than the 54,597 Spain handled in all of 2025, already its slowest year in five. Spain set up a floating barrier; most migrants went back to Morocco, citing hunger and hostility.