Spain Deploys 300 Riot Police, 2,000 Troops in Ceuta Amid Migrant Surge Fears: Reports

© AP Photo / Antonio SempereCivil Protection vessels assist in the installation of floating barriers off the coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026.
Civil Protection vessels assist in the installation of floating barriers off the coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026.  - Sputnik India, 1920, 08.08.2026
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Spain has deployed some 300 riot police officers and 2,000 troops in the Ceuta enclave to prevent a repeat of the migrant influx as calls for a new surge are being shared online, the 20minutos newspaper reported on Saturday.
Posts have been shared on social media calling for another mass migrant entry into Ceuta on August 15. The Interior Ministry told the newspaper it would be ready for new incidents, while the Defense Ministry said the troops stationed in Ceuta would remain until a decision was made otherwise, the outlet added.
In late July, Ceuta experienced a massive influx of migrants from neighboring Morocco. On Tuesday, Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said that approximately 72,000 migrants had entered the Spanish territory on the North African coast, and about 70,000 had since went back to Morocco. Moroccan authorities estimated that about 40,000 people had entered the Spanish enclave.
People walk past barbed wire in a forest in the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq as they attempt to cross to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026. - Sputnik India, 1920, 02.08.2026
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