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原始标题：About 60,000 migrants arrive in Ceuta in 24 hours, Spanish territory's leader says
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# About 60,000 migrants arrive in Ceuta in 24 hours, Spanish territory's leader says
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BySofia Ferreira Santos and Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent
- Published
31 July 2026, 09:16 BST
Updated 45 minutes ago
**About 60,000 migrants have crossed into Spain's North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco in the last 24 hours, Ceuta's president said, adding that at least 34 others died during the crossing.**
The influx comes after Spain's Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla, another Spanish exclave, cannot be summarily returned to Morocco.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described the situation as an "attack" and said all illegal migrants would be returned to Morocco "as soon as possible". Several European leaders have expressed concern, some promising to tighten border controls.
More than 25,000 have returned to Morocco voluntarily so far, officials said.
- [Spain sending troops as thousands enter enclave of Ceuta from Morocco](/news/articles/cg4drwzkrkxo)
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and the French president offered to help Spain.
Ceuta, on Morocco's northern coast, is separated from mainland Spain by the Strait of Gibraltar and has long been a focal point for migrants attempting to reach Europe.
Local officials had appealed to Madrid for help after a recent rise in attempted crossings, but there were chaotic scenes on Thursday as border controls apparently broke down.
Ceuta's President Juan Jesús Vivas said the situation was "unsustainable" and that the recent arrivals amounted to around 70% of the city's population - which sits at around 83,600 according to the latest local figures.
Spain's Interior Ministry told the BBC that its estimates were slightly lower, citing 50,000 arrivals since the early hours of Thursday.
It also added that more than 25,000 people have left Ceuta en route back to Morocco from Friday morning up to 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT).
The ministry said the rate of departures from Ceuta is at 150 people per minute, though it did not provide any further information on this.
Spain has now deployed its armed forces to bolster security in Ceuta and at its sister city of Melilla, where between 300 to 400 crossings were also reported overnight.
Speaking on Friday during a visit to Ceuta**,** Sánchez said that the government would be looking at reinforcing the border with Morocco. He blamed criminal networks for manipulating the Supreme Court's recent ruling, adding that incorrect information had "spread like wildfire in recent hours".
He said authorities in Morocco were co-operating with plans to return those who had entered illegally.
Ceuta and Melilla trace their Spanish past to the 15th Century, and they have enjoyed a limited degree of self-government since 1995.
Coveted by Morocco, they have long been a flashpoint in diplomatic relations between the two countries. They form the European Union's only land borders with Africa.
Many of those crossing the border from Morocco have been young, mainly men, although there are also women and children in the crowds and even babies.
Officials estimate at least 7,000 of those who crossed illegally into the territory in the last 24 hours are minors.
Usually, to try to enter Ceuta, migrants swim several kilometres from further up the coast. This time they appear to have been able to get close to the border fence itself with ease. At the start, some even walked along the rocks on the jetty and around the end of it, but most had to swim out and around to reach the beaches on the other side.
It's not clear where the Moroccan border guards were at this point and why the groups of migrants were not dispersed or stopped.
Image source, Reuters
Image caption,
A huge number of people have arrived in Ceuta
Image source, EPA/Shutterstock
Image caption,
Many young men were seen swimming into Ceuta or crossing the land border
One migrant told Reuters news agency that he was returning to Morocco, adding:
"It's not good at all, and it's not fun either.
"I mean, people are dying here. I beg you, please, if you haven't come yet, don't come. Don't do it."
Local media reported chaos on the streets of Ceuta since Thursday, with one resident telling Spain's ABC that people were scared.
"Nobody is going out on the street. They're afraid.
"This is stronger and more aggressive than what we've experienced before," a hospital security guard told the Spanish site.
The last time there was a surge in arrivals - though on nowhere near this scale - was in 2021. At that point, the Moroccan authorities allowed some 8,000 people to cross the border following a dispute with Madrid over the sovereignty of the Western Sahara.
That diplomatic dispute has flared again recently, after Sánchez travelled to Algeria which backs independence for the region.
BBC Verify has looked into [migration data released by the UN, external](https://data.unhcr.org/ar/situations/europe-sea-arrivals/location/24567), which reported 2,826 people had crossed into Ceuta up until 15 July this year with another 181 entering via Melilla.
The number of migrants crossing into these two territories was already high compared with recent years, which saw 994 migrants enter in 2025, 476 in 2024 and 467 in 2023.
Image source, Reuters
Image caption,
Crowds gathered at the border between Morocco and Spain overnight
Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the images from Ceuta as "shocking", writing on social media that such "uncontrolled immigration" was a security threat to Europe.
She said Italy would consider suspending the Schengen zone agreement with Spain on free movement, although it's unclear what that means in practice given that the two countries are not neighbours and undocumented migrants are unlikely to board flights.
Image source, Reuters
Image caption,
Spain has now set up a large military presence at the border
The Spanish foreign minister said such remarks were "improper" for "a partner and friendly country from which we expect European solidarity and not partisan demagoguery".
He also summoned the Italian ambassador to Madrid on Friday.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the images out of Ceuta were "unacceptable" and must "stop immediately".
Finland's Interior Minister Mari Rantanen backed Meloni's proposal, and said Spain had failed to protect its border, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz demanded Morocco "take back illegal migrants immediately".
The Schengen Area is a system of open borders spanning 29 European countries that have officially abolished controls at their common borders.
*Additional reporting by Tamara Kovacevic, BBC Verify*
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