Furious Spaniards have been forced to chase migrants down the streets of their home after thousands of migrants flooded the enclave this afternoon.
Extraordinary footage showed huge numbers of people sprinting up beaches, swimming ashore and dispersing into the streets of the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta, which borders Morocco, with some shouting ‘Long live Spain’.
Crowds, which officials estimated to have been made up of 20,000 people, were seen swimming out to bypass a long border fence that juts out into the Mediterranean on the Moroccan side, before swimming back on the Spanish side.
BREAKING:
First clashes have broken out in the streets of Ceuta between Spanish citizens and Moroccan invaders.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 30, 2026
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BREAKING:
🇪🇸 Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil unions estimate around 12,000 North Africans crossing per hour, with up to 80,000 possibly already across.
A Guardia Civil spokesperson accused the Moroccan government of a proxy attack on Spain.
Sánchez’s government still… pic.twitter.com/aBxFmltoKa
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 30, 2026
🔴 No saldrá por televisión: así están las playas de Ceuta ahora mismo pic.twitter.com/KA8Ytw06o5
— MEDITERRÁNEO DIGITAL (@MediterraneoDGT) July 30, 2026
