Around 70,000 of the estimated 72,000 migrants who crossed from Morocco into occupied Ceuta have now returned to Morocco.

By the time authorities reacted, an estimated 60,000 people had reached Ceuta in just a few days, the largest migration surge between Morocco and Spain in years.

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The Moroccan government has said social media misinformation and human traffickers are behind the mass crossing of migrants into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. The Interior Ministry said the crossings

An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants entered a small Spanish territory alongside Morocco on Thursday and Friday, according to Spanish authorities. Although at least 48,300 had returned to Morocco by Friday afternoon, the mass crossing prompted an immediate backlash from far-right politicians in Europe that seemed poised to linger.

RABAT, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Spanish authorities should have anticipated the consequences of a court ruling that weakened a key deterrent against illegal migration and contributed ​to last week's mass crossings into the enclave of Ceuta in ‌northern Morocco, a senior Moroccan official said on Monday.

People in Ceuta, Spain, walk toward the country's border with Morocco July 31, 2026, leaving Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory. The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta offered emergency resources to civil authorities July 31 as more than 40,