{"id":92009,"date":"2026-08-02T14:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ceuta-grapples-with-aftermath-of-massive-border-surge-after-most-migrants-leave-territory\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:04:07","slug":"ceuta-grapples-with-aftermath-of-massive-border-surge-after-most-migrants-leave-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ceuta-grapples-with-aftermath-of-massive-border-surge-after-most-migrants-leave-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceuta grapples with aftermath of massive border surge after most migrants leave territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Most of the 60,000 North African migrants who entered the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spain-ceuta-morocco-migrants-border-crossings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Spanish territory of Ceuta<\/a><\/span> had been returned to Morocco by Sunday, officials said, but a cloud remains over the tiny enclave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shops in Ceuta reopened, and the usual blend of residents and tourists in the city of 84,000 were filling the open-air terraces, restaurants and cafes.<\/p>\n<p>But the city that prides itself on being home to four cultures was still grappling with the aftermath of the border surge, with locals disagreeing on what caused it and who exactly is to blame. Meanwhile, Spanish civil guard ships continued searching for migrant bodies in the waters near the stretch of urban beach that had been breached by people days earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Border surge breathes new life into Europe&#8217;s immigration debate<\/h2>\n<p>At least 72 people died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, Spanish authorities said Sunday. The humanitarian crisis caused by the sudden rush of people has reignited a debate around immigration in Europe and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not the young men&#8217;s fault,&#8221; said Mohamad Abdelkader Driss, 44, a waiter at a fried fish restaurant in town. &#8220;If you open the border, of course everyone comes in, but the young men aren&#8217;t to blame. The authorities are responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/31\/888e5d19-1705-488c-95a0-15b18456c1fd\/thumbnail\/620x413\/197612f963117bc1db5aabc23beb05ff\/ap26212520258097.jpg#\" alt=\"Spain Ceuta \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/31\/888e5d19-1705-488c-95a0-15b18456c1fd\/thumbnail\/620x413\/197612f963117bc1db5aabc23beb05ff\/ap26212520258097.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/31\/888e5d19-1705-488c-95a0-15b18456c1fd\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ca04d0a93a7b03ac3dfb0d5b444d2bdc\/ap26212520258097.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Spanish army soldiers block access to the beach for people crossing from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, July 31, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/Antonio Sempere<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some migrants who returned to Morocco described a border that was effectively open and said authorities did little as they watched thousands of people cross. Spain says it plans to construct a containment fence.<\/p>\n<p>The unauthorized arrivals on Thursday and Friday of 50,000 to 60,000, mostly young men, swelled Ceuta&#8217;s population by more than half. Abdelkader lamented what happened, but said those who breached the border behaved relatively well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could have been much worse,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Far-right politicians call for remaining migrants to be expelled<\/h2>\n<p>Over the weekend, far-right, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/why-did-a-wave-of-migrants-cross-from-morocco-into-spains-ceuta-territory\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">anti-immigrant Spanish politicians<\/a><\/span> and well-known right-wing influencers descended on the city, sparking counterprotests that included members of the Spanish city&#8217;s large Muslim population, many of whom are of Moroccan descent.<\/p>\n<p>Alvise P\u00e9rez, a far-right Spanish politician and member of the European Parliament, called on Saturday evening for migrants to be expelled as he faced an angry crowd of rival protesters. P\u00e9rez eventually had to shelter in a bar as residents banged on the windows, until police escorted him away.<\/p>\n<p>Among the counterprotesters on Saturday was 20-year-old Ceuta resident and student Noor Ahmed. She denounced the protest and presence of figures like P\u00e9rez in her city as opportunistic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/02\/51cfc9a0-8d41-486d-9f55-c8abd5b88152\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f6a4b015ebd893b019aede28b6a443cc\/ap26213691528186.jpg#\" alt=\"Spain Ceuta \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/02\/51cfc9a0-8d41-486d-9f55-c8abd5b88152\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f6a4b015ebd893b019aede28b6a443cc\/ap26213691528186.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/02\/51cfc9a0-8d41-486d-9f55-c8abd5b88152\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/7c7e49f0f28b4234325553df702450c6\/ap26213691528186.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ceuta residents demonstrate against the arrival of Spanish far-right politician Alvise P\u00c3\u00a9rez in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Bernat Armangue \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They just want to take advantage of the humanitarian crisis Ceuta is currently experiencing,&#8221; Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago Abascal, the leader of the far-right Vox party, visited Ceuta on Sunday, slamming the Spanish government for the surge in migrant arrivals, which he called &#8220;an invasion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The frontiers of Ceuta and Melilla are the walls of our home and homeland, and they are not being protected by a corrupt and traitorous government,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Ceuta&#8217;s tradition of tolerance comes under strain<\/h2>\n<p>Some locals, even acknowledging Ceuta&#8217;s population of Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus that normally live in relative harmony, worried about what the week revealed about the city.<\/p>\n<p>Eva Barrientos, a resident of Ceuta who works at a logistics company, came to the protest on Saturday evening to see what P\u00e9rez and the other right-wing figures had to say. She was confident that something similar would happen again and questioned the loyalty that some of Ceuta&#8217;s foreign-born residents had to Spain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Ceuta, we have always lived together. We have four cultures living very well, without any problems,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But the only thing we are realizing now is that there is an enemy within.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She accused some foreign-born residents of having more loyalty to Morocco than the country in which they lived.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-leo-july-fourth-lampedusa-migrant-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/span> on Sunday said he was &#8220;following with concern the alarming situation in Ceuta, asking God \u2026 that solutions of peace, stability and justice may be found.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Migration has been one of Pope Leo&#8217;s priorities, which he underlined during a recent visit to the Canary Islands in Spain, one of Europe&#8217;s main migrant entry ports.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list 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