FP Explainers • July 31, 2026, 17:21:38 IST
At least 34 people are dead after thousands of migrants swam from Morocco and broke through barriers at Spain’s enclave of Ceuta. The sudden surge of people at the shores has prompted Spain to deploy additional troops, and Italy’s Meloni has also sounded an alarm. But why are migrants barging into Spain? We explain
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At least 34 people have died so far as thousands of migrants are crossing from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta. AP
On Thursday evening (July 30), Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, grabbed headlines the world over as visuals emerged of thousands of people swimming onto the shores and climbing fences to make their way into the Spanish enclave.
The rush of crowds trying to breach the border to the North African Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco has also resulted in the deaths of 34 people and prompted a mobilisation of the Spanish military.
The scenes unfolding at Tarajal beach have even sparked political tensions between Spain and Italy after the latter’s prime minister and foreign minister called for Spain to be suspended from the EU’s visa-free Schengen travel zone.
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