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About 60,000 migrants storm Spanish enclave of Ceuta, over 50 dead. Madrid sends in army

2026-07-31 18:11:30Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
About 60,000 migrants storm Spanish enclave of Ceuta, over 50 dead. Madrid sends
Around 60,000 migrants flock to Spanish enclave of Ceuta

After the arrival of around 60,000 migrants in Ceuta, Madrid sent soldiers to the city. Prime Minister Sanchez and the Spanish Interior Minister visited Ceuta.

Following the arrival of a large number of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was there today along with Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska.

Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez said that the border crossing is a "violation of the territorial integrity of Spain."

Sánchez blamed human smugglers for the crisis, saying they "deceive so many young people and, in the end, lead many of them to their deaths, whether in the ocean or, as in this case, at the Spanish border in the autonomous city of Ceuta."

The EU offers support

Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner expressed "the EU's readiness to support Spain more strongly in bringing the situation under control, including through Frontex," he announced last night on the X platform.

Spain sends soldiers to Ceuta

Spain has deployed three teams of 20 soldiers each, a unit of divers and a military ship to Ceuta, the Interior Ministry announced. According to Reuters news agency, special police units will also be reinforced with a total of 200 officers. The government said the soldiers will support the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) to "maintain security in the city of Ceuta."

According to authorities, more than 60,000 migrants have arrived in Ceuta by swimming in recent days. So far, it is reported that more than 50 of them have lost their lives trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta.

Ceuta is a Spanish city on the coast of North Africa. It is a territory of the European Union and borders Morocco.

More than half of the 60,000 migrants who have entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since Friday morning have now returned to Morocco, according to Spain's Interior Ministry, as quoted by local media.

Chaotic situation

The head of the Civil Guard union, Rachid Sbihi, described the situation in the city as chaotic. According to him, the border has practically collapsed. "It is not possible to give exact figures, but thousands of migrants are crossing the border," he said.

Achraf Maimouni, from the Moroccan Association for Human Rights, described the situation as extraordinary, while Moroccan authorities have not yet commented on the matter.

Ceuta's regional president, Juan Jesús Vivas, called on the central government in Madrid to declare a state of emergency for "national security reasons." He also called for the deployment of additional police forces and the deployment of army troops on the border between Morocco and Ceuta. But Madrid refused to declare a national state of emergency.

Possible cause: a decision by the Spanish Supreme Court

A possible explanation for this development is related to a decision from early July. According to this decision, people caught at sea while trying to reach Ceuta by swimming cannot be immediately returned to Morocco by the authorities.

According to the court, in such cases a regular procedure should be followed under the legislation on foreigners. The Spanish Interior Ministry accuses networks of migrant smugglers of exploiting the decision.


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