It is claimed that most were subsequently returned, but thousands, including unaccompanied minors, have remained in the enclave. The mass crossing has since fueled scrutiny of Madrid’s handling of the crisis.
Intelligence alerted the authorities to plans for a mass crossing a day before tens of thousands entered the exclave, according to newly declassified files.
Some 33,000 people, mostly adult men, arrived in the UK in small boats between July 2025 and 2026, making up around 88% of all illegal migrants entering the country, according to government data.
The incident, ignored by Western media, triggered widespread anger on Spanish social media, with users calling for those involved to be prosecuted and expelled from the country.
Tensions have also risen inside Ceuta, where residents have demanded faster deportations and a stronger response from Madrid. Local authorities have struggled with overcrowding, sanitation problems, and disease outbreaks, while police have investigated numerous violent and sexual crimes during the crisis.
The attack on the sick and twisted judiciary, however, is launched from all sides, to the point that the lacerating divisions of the referendum era are becoming a distant memory.
The report said foreigners were put at the top of the waiting list under a policy introduced in April 2025. Meanwhile, applications from some 31,000 locals remained frozen, it added.
Residents of the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta tore down makeshift migrant shelters as police fired rubber bullets during escalating protests over the migration crisis, videos posted online show.
‘We don’t understand how a vessel of that size can reach our shores without being intercepted, without being detected, without any kind of control. We don’t understand where the [Interior] Ministry’s personnel are,’ he said, as cited by Murcia Plaza.
Here’s the part they really don’t want you connecting. I’ve watched the same Western political class create the exact crises they later claim to solve.
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