2026 Ceuta migrant crisis

When

30 Jul 2026

Kind

Event

Coordinates

35.58° N, 4.12° W

Placed at the middle of the 2 places it links.

2026 Ceuta migrant crisis: Approximately 80,000 people illegally enter Ceuta, Spain with smaller numbers attempting to cross into Melilla, having swam from Morocco. This follows a Supreme Court of Spain decision prohibiting the hot return of migrants arriving by sea. At least 111 people are killed.

Ongoing international incident

In late July 2026, an estimated 80,000 people, mainly young men originating from Morocco, illegally breached and crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in North Africa, with smaller numbers attempting to cross to Melilla, another Spanish autonomous city about 400 kilometres (250 mi) away along the Mediterranean coastline.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2026 Fas-İspanya sınır krizi: İspanya'nın Kuzey Afrika'daki toprağı Ceuta'ya bir günde 60 bin Faslı mülteci akın etti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “des centaines de personnes en provenance du Maroc entrent illégalement dans l'exclave de Ceuta, s'ajoutant aux plus enregistrées les jours précédents”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se produce un incidente fronterizo de inmigración en la frontera entre España y Marruecos en las ciudades autónomas españolas de Ceuta y Melilla”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page