80,000 illegal migrants entered Ceuta, a city of 80,000 inhabitants.
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The claim does not specify a period. If it refers to the May 2021 Ceuta events, only about 6,000–10,000 migrants crossed (El País cited 8,000; the UK Commons Library cited 6,000), which is far below 80,000.
Most migrants who entered during the surge returned to Morocco (France24: 'most migrants return to Morocco'), so the number remaining in Ceuta was far lower than the gross entry figure.
The principal sources on the 2026 Ceuta surge were published on/around early August 2026, shortly before the session date, so the exact gross figure remains an estimate ('up to 60,000').
The framing of a 'coordinated invasion threatening all of Europe' is political interpretation, not a verifiable statistic.
Sources
PrimaryInstituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)Official population figures of the Spanish Municipalities: Revision of the Municipal Register: Ceuta: Population by municipality and sex. Annual (registered population of Ceuta approximately 83,500).
SecondaryFrance24Ceuta was returning to normal over the weekend after an unprecedented migrant surge that saw up to 60,000 people enter the tiny Spanish enclave.
SecondaryBBC NewsThe last such big incursion into Ceuta, in 2021, saw 10,000 break into the territory, just a sixth of the number estimated to have climbed over [the border in the recent surge] — i.e. roughly 60,000.
SecondaryEl País (English edition)By Tuesday afternoon, 8,000 immigrants had arrived in Ceuta, most of them Moroccan but also some sub-Saharans.
SecondaryUK House of Commons LibraryIn May 2021, 6,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta. Most of these migrants were returned to Morocco.