2026-08-012world

60,000 migrants reach Ceuta over two days; Spain begins mass returns

Spain said it had returned about 48,300 entrants by Friday evening.

Between Thursday and Friday, migrants—mainly young Moroccan men—reached Ceuta by swimming around border barriers or scaling the fences separating the Spanish enclave from Morocco. Reuters separately reported about 49,000 people in the single-day peak; the BBC figure covers both days, so the totals use different windows.