Furious Spanish locals torch Ceuta migrant camp as tensions erupt after 70,000 storm border

Furious Spanish locals torch Ceuta migrant camp as tensions erupt after 70,000 storm border  GB News

Thousands of migrants remain in the Spanish enclave, triggering anger among Ceuta residents.

Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave. Footage of the mass of migrants storming the territory of just 84,000 people sparked a national crisis, and Madrid’s socialist government has

Locals tore down tents, threw migrants’ belongings into the sea and lit a bonfire while waving Spanish flags on a Ceuta beach on August 28th.

Tensions erupt in Ceuta as residents destroy migrant camp  CNN

Spanish flags whipped in the wind as the beach lit up. 14:27, Fri, Aug 28, 2026 Updated: 14:28, Fri, Aug 28, 2026 Street furniture and other items are set alight during a demonstration at Ceuta (Image: Marcos Moreno / Europa Press, S.A. / Avalon)These shocking pictures of riot police and a beach fires show tensions ram

Ceuta residents are protesting nightly, tearing down and even burning migrant tents, and engaging in tense standoffs with pro-migrant NGOs.

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on 27 August, amid growing tensions over the presence of thousands of migrants.

Intelligence services didn’t warn of Ceuta surge, says Spanish minister  euractiv.com

The contradictory accounts of what the government knew — and when it knew it — are devastating for a government under fire for its handling of the crisis.