Spanish Leader Says 5,000 Migrants Are Still in Ceuta, Weeks After Border Surge

August 31, 2026 · 12:23 pm 3 sources

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• Spanish Leader Says 5,000 Migrants Are Still in Ceuta, Weeks After Border Surge
  The New York Times · August 31, 2026 12:23
  Their continued presence has roiled the Spanish territory in Africa and heaped pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
• Spanish Leader Says 5,000 Migrants Are Still in Ceuta, Weeks After Border Surge
  The New York Times · August 31, 2026 12:23
  Their continued presence has roiled the Spanish territory in Africa and heaped pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
• Sexual assaults happening almost every day in Ceuta, prosecutors say
  BBC News · September 1, 2026 13:09
  Most migrants have returned to neighbouring Morocco, but as many as 5,000 remain in the Spanish exclave.