On Thursday, July 30, roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in a single day. It was the largest surge of irregular arrivals ever recorded on European Union territory, in a city of about 85,000 people.

Thousands of Moroccans swam into Spain’s Ceuta, prompting military reinforcements. Spanish TV estimated 2,000–3,000 arrivals. | World News

Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta’s president says