
More than 70,000 people entered Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on Morocco's northern coast, over a 48-hour period in July 2026, with an estimated 57 deaths, mostly from drowning while swimming around the border breakwater. According to The Conversation Africa, the surge followed misleading social media claims that arrivals by sea could not be returned to Morocco. The episode has exposed political tensions between Europe and Morocco, which the EU relies on to control migration flows.
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