Overview
- More than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on July 30–31, and Spanish officials say about 3,500–7,000 remain in the exclave.
- Thousands who remain live in overcrowded tent camps and improvised shelters with reports of skin disease, scarce sanitary facilities, and sexual‑violence and protection concerns for children.
- The cabinet has named Territorial Minister Ángel Víctor Torres to lead a new central coordination office intended to identify migrants, prioritize asylum claims, expand temporary reception and accelerate return procedures.
- Madrid has formally asked the European Commission for emergency aid to fund border screening, security infrastructure and extra places for unaccompanied minors while stressing returns must follow individual legal checks.
- Spain has stepped up border controls — airport spot checks of flights from Italy screened 8,216 third‑country passengers on 734 flights — and the crisis is raising domestic political pressure and bilateral tensions with Morocco and Italy.