At least 15,000 immigrants were still in Ceuta a month and a half after the crossings.

Omissions

• The vast majority of those who crossed (around 72,000–80,000) returned to Morocco; the number remaining in Ceuta was a small fraction of the total crossing, not 15,000.
• Official counts put the number remaining at approximately 5,000 (Interior Ministry) to 8,000 (Defense Ministry), well below the claimed 15,000.
• The Spanish government itself declared on 7 September 2026 that it was 'impossible' to quantify exactly how many migrants remained in Ceuta, which undercuts a precise lower-bound figure of 15,000.
• No primary official statistic (national statistics office, ministry report) supports a figure of 15,000 migrants remaining in Ceuta.

Sources

• SecondaryEl País"Durante la crisis de Ceuta entraron irregularmente unas 80.000 personas con las autoridades marroquíes mirando hacia otro lado. Pero solo siguen allí unos 8.000." (During the Ceuta crisis some 80,000 people entered irregularly, but only about 8,000 remain there.)
• SecondaryDemócrata"Defensa apunta a alrededor de 8.000 personas, Interior habló anteriormente de 5.000 y Bruselas reconoce que solo puede calcular que permanecen 'varios miles'" (Defense points to around 8,000 people, Interior previously spoke of 5,000, and Brussels acknowledges it can only estimate that 'several thousand' remain.)
• SecondaryThe Objective"El ministro de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, Ángel Víctor Torres, ha afirmado que es «imposible» responder a la pregunta de cuántos inmigrantes quedan en Ceuta un mes después" (The minister stated it is 'impossible' to answer how many immigrants remain in Ceuta one month later.)
• SecondaryHouse of Commons Library (UK Parliament)"At the end of July 2026, over 70,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco without authorisation... Spanish authorities later revised their estimate and said the figure was around 72,000."