Cristina Alonso PascualAFP·6 Aug, 2026 05:58 PM3 mins to readA group of migrants approach the border post to make their way back to Morocco, escorted by Spanish infantry soldiers, in the Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta. Photo / Henry Nicholls, AFPA wave of disinformation on social media drove the deadly rush of tens of thousands of migrants into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta last week, analysts told AFP.

An unprecedented 72,000 people poured into Ceuta from Morocco from July 30, mostly by swimming around a barrier in the Mediterranean