In 2021, 10,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Omissions

• The arrivals were concentrated in a very short window (17–18 May 2021), not spread across the whole of 2021; the MEP's phrasing 'in 2021' is temporally imprecise.
• Sources give a range rather than one exact figure: El País reported 8,000 by the afternoon of 18 May; the UK House of Commons Library cites Mayor Vivas saying the figure could be 'between 8,000 and 11,000'; El Economista cites 'unas 12,000 personas'. No source in the results states exactly 10,000.
• Most of those who entered were quickly returned to Morocco, so the net number remaining was far lower than the gross arrival figure; the claim reports gross entries.
• Sources confirming the figure are secondary (news outlets and a parliamentary briefing); no primary official (Ministry of Interior / Instituto Nacional de Estadística) statement giving the exact number was retrieved.

Sources

• SecondaryEl País (English edition) — Explainer: How did the migrant crisis in Spain's city of Ceuta occurBy Tuesday afternoon, 8,000 immigrants had arrived in Ceuta, most of them Moroccan but also some sub-Saharans.
• SecondaryUK House of Commons Library — Research Briefing: Ceuta: Migrant crossings and European reactionMayor Vivas said on 6 August that the figure was between 3,000 and 5,000. He later said the figure could be between 8,000 and 11,000.
• SecondaryEl Economista — Entrada masiva de migrantes al enclave español de CeutaSe trata de una cifra muy superior a la de mayo de 2021, cuando en muy pocos dos días llegaron unas 12,000 personas a Ceuta, según el [Gobierno].