A crowd of 80,000 people entered Ceuta within 48 hours.

Omissions

• The Spanish Interior Ministry's initial official figure was 48,300 people, later revised to about 50,000; the government's subsequent estimate was 'more than 70,000' for the two days of 30 and 31 July 2026, so the exact '80,000' figure sits at the upper end of published estimates.
• Crucially, between 90% and 95% of those who entered returned to Morocco within days, so the net number remaining in Ceuta was only around 3,000-5,000, far below the headline figure of arrivals.
• No primary source (Spanish Ministry of the Interior database/report) was directly accessed; the figures come from press reports citing the government, so the precise count remains an estimate rather than a single verified statistic.
• The claim frames the entry as 'a crowd of 80,000' within 48 hours without noting that this was a short, largely reversed surge rather than a permanent influx.

Sources

• SecondaryAntena 3 NoticiasEl Gobierno cifra en más de 70.000 las personas que entraron en Ceuta durante los días 30 y 31 de julio. Entre el 90% y el 95% regresó a Marruecos.
• SecondaryHouse of Commons Library (research briefing CBP-10987)At the end of July 2026, over 70,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco without authorisation.
• SecondaryEl País80.000 migrantes en Ceuta en los últimos días de julio.
• SecondaryEl PaísRecuperados 57 cadáveres en las aguas de Ceuta tras la entrada de 50.000 migrantes irregulares. Interior cifra en 48.300 las personas que [han entrado].
• SecondaryCadena SERLas últimas cifras ofrecidas por el Ministerio del Interior este viernes apuntan a que son 50.000 los migrantes que han entrado en Ceuta en las [últimas horas].
• SecondaryRTVELa entrada masiva de 50.000 personas a Ceuta provoca la mayor crisis migratoria de la ciudad autónoma desde 2021.