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The arrival of migrants continues unabated in Ceuta, and 50,000 people have already arrived

The Army has deployed tanks from the spigot access to the city to prevent the dispersal of the dead immigrants, 19 of whom will be in Ceuta today, Friday, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.

CASTILLEJOS (CEUTA), 31/07/2026.- Vista de la carretera que conduce a la frontera de Castillejos con Ceuta. Marruecos ha reforzado la seguridad sobre la frontera de Ceuta, lo que no ha impedido que miles de personas se resistan a abandonar la zona y crucen por la costa al enclave español en medio de esporádicos brotes de violencia, en la crisis migratoria bilateral más grave desde 2021, que ha dejado al menos 18 muertos. Las autoridades marroquíes han endurecido los controles en las últimas horas para bajar la presión sobre la frontera, pero miles de personas, en su mayoría jóvenes, se han refugiado en las colinas próximas y han llegado a lanzar piedras a las fuerzas de seguridad. Resultado de estos brotes puntuales de violencia ha sido el incendio de un autobús a unos cientos de metros del paso fronterizo, cuyas causas se desconocen, y que no ha dejado víctimas. EFE/Mohamed Siali
Thousands of people have resisted pressure on the Ceuta border. Photo: EFE

One more day, Ceuta woke up this Friday with the arrival of thousands of migrants who have continued to arrive from Morocco even in the early hours of the morning and have not been interrupted all night. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior estimates that a total of 50,000 people have arrived since this new migration crisis broke out.

Migrants are swimming and walking alongthe edge of the dam separating Ceuta from Morocco.

The Army has set up tanks at the entrance to Ceuta near the dam to prevent migrants from dispersing through the city, with the aim of targeting the Tarajal Industrial Estate, an area full of industrial warehouses.

Back to Morocco

The flow of tickets did not stop early this Friday, but tonight many migrants returned to the Tarajal to return to Morocco on their own.

Foreigners are still entering, but not out of control, as they have been all day on Thursday, and the authorities want to prevent immigrants from going to the city centre and to the suburbs where they have been sleeping or wandering since yesterday.

Immigrants, mostly Moroccans, wander the streets of the city, not knowing where to go, not accepting new income in reception centres.

That of adults, the Temporary Stay Centre for Immigrants (CETI), is overflowing with more than a thousand residents, despite having 512 places, and more people are arriving in the area, more than a thousand are waiting to enter.

Resources collapsed.

Juvenile resources have been "collapsed" since Wednesday, as reported from the Autonomous City, where two reception centres have been reopenedto meet demand and work is under way to enable as many.

The Ministry of the Interior announced that it had agreed with Morocco to return "as soon as possible" all "migrants who had illegally entered Ceuta, while military personnel have been deployed along the border with the Civil Guard, as well as to ensure security throughout the autonomous city.

The Presidentof the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel to Ceuta this Friday, 31 July, together with the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, to address the migration crisis that has arisen in the autonomous city, with the uncontrolled entry of thousands of people from Morocco.

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