Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta

CEUTA, Spain (AP) -- Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain's tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day afte

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The Spanish government says the vast majority of the more than 50,000 migrants who crossed into Ceuta had returned to Morocco.

Spain deployed its armed forces and additional police to restore order in Ceuta.

Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory have returned voluntarily to Morocco

MANY of the 60,000 migrants who stormed Ceuta will head for Britain once they are in mainland Europe, Reform UK said. Madrid will have to move tens of thousands from the tiny Spanish enclave, which borders Morocco, as it is now swamped. Officials will take them across the Strait of Gibraltar. At which point many...

About 60,000 migrants have crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory in the past 24 hours, Ceuta’s president said Friday, a figure that is equivalent to 70 per cent of the population of the self-governing city in North Africa.

Thousands of migrants hoping to get to Europe swam or crossed from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta territory, with over a dozen dying in the process. Spanish officials are sending more law enforcement to the area as they attempt to control the flow of migrants and "restore normality."

Migrant describes crossing into Spanish enclave  CNN

Thousands of migrants had streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa from Morocco, prompting local officials to call for help from Spain's national government in Madrid to restore the border. It was not immediately clear what prompted so many migrants to cross to Ceuta.

Thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday, with some shouting “Viva España!” as they entered the territory. The mass crossing prompted Ceuta officials to ask Madrid to declare a national emergency and request military intervention, as the latest surge drew compar

Border guards in the tiny Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan coast were overwhelmed as crowds of young men pushed through gates and swam around the border barrier, hoping to gain entry into Europe.

Thousands of Migrants Pour Across Border Into a Tiny Spanish Territory  WSJ

There have been calls to declare a national emergency. 17:07, Thu, Jul 30, 2026 Updated: 17:09, Thu, Jul 30, 2026 Ceuta (Image: PA)Thousands of migrants have stormed into Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta as police are "overwhelmed" by the crowd of arrivals.MORE UPDATES TO FOLLOW... Get the latest news from around

Footage shows crowds of people, mainly Moroccans, walking around the breakwaters at Tarajal beach in Ceuta and running on the beach and roads

Authorities in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta have asked Madrid to declare a national emergency and offer military assistance. Footage showed crowds of people walking around the breakwaters to gain entry to the territory.

Thousands of migrants climb barbed wire fences and force their way into Spanish territory as they storm EU border  lbc.co.uk

Authorities in Ceuta have asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and requested army intervention, as thousands of migrants are crossing into the tiny Spanish territory

Ceuta asks Madrid to declare a national emergency as thousands cross into the Spanish territory  AP News

Ceuta asks Madrid to declare a national emergency as thousands cross into the Spanish territory  Toronto Star