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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joseph Wilson and Renata Brito

FACT FOCUS: Migrant crossing in Spain's Ceuta breeds unsubstantiated claims

Migrants cross into Spain’s Ceuta enclave from Morocco, in photos - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A crisis at the border in Ceuta, a tiny Spanish territory in North Africa, has resulted in unsubstantiated claims about Spain’s migration policies and the causes of the border surge at the territory’s frontier with Morocco.

Some 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday and Friday, local Spanish officials have said, equivalent to 70% of the city’s regular population. At least 41 migrants died attempting the crossing either by drowning while trying to swim to Spanish territory or in a stampede.

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