Most people don't know that there is Spanish sovereign territory on the African continent.
I sure didn't. But it turns out that there are bits and pieces in what you think is Morocco that are, in fact, part of Spain, including islands and cities in what you probably think is Morocco.
Ceuta is one such tiny bit of Spain on the African continent. It is literally Spanish territory, similar to the little spur of Minnesota that looks like it should be part of Canada because it is not connected and is embedded in Canada, or the Kaliningrad Oblast, which is Russia, but entirely surrounded by Lithuania and Poland.
Weird, I know. But there it is.
Right now, today, the City of Ceuta is being invaded by Moroccans (and likely people from other countries) through that border. They are not coming in boats. They are storming the border, and in some cases, border guards have opened the gates to let them stream in.
This takes me back to Del Rio, TX in 2021 w/ the Haitian surge. Similar images.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 30, 2026
This is what the DSA/socialist platform looks like in practice - in another country. No borders. No immigration enforcement. Complete freedom of movement without any resistance from the government. https://t.co/zTAMql2YGl
Ceuta is a city of only 65,000, and at this rate, the invaders will outnumber the population of the city. It is a crisis so great that the city government is begging the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to declare a State of Emergency, which so far he has declined to do.
And the Sanchez government declined to implement the national emergency. pic.twitter.com/qEQQmkc3xf
— Rodrigo Ballester (@rodballester) July 30, 2026
Sanchez is famously welcoming of illegal migrants, having just given legal status to hundreds of thousands, making them eligible for work, benefits, and almost as importantly, free travel throughout the Schengen area, which encompasses most of Western Europe.
The Spanish Supreme Court recently determined that Spain cannot expel anybody who crossed the border illegally without "due process," and we all know what that means: it will be a long, laborious process, and the likelihood that the Sanchez government will even try to do so asymptotically approaches zero.
The cause is a recent Spanish court ruling that migrants entering Ceuta by sea cannot be returned to Morocco without due process. pic.twitter.com/L5vCRruVzB
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) July 30, 2026
As with the migrant caravans that the Biden administration welcomed and the United Nations, USAID, and many NGOs facilitated, this is a highly coordinated effort. These are not random people seeking a better life or trying to escape poverty making a trek to reach the Promised Land; this is quite literally an invasion, with the majority of the migrants crossing being military-aged males, sprinkled with the occasional women and children.
The Ceuta invasion is being coordinated by Facebook groups. @finkd
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) July 30, 2026
The flagship group description: "Ceuta by every route #hraga_ceuta — Migration is an idea, and the idea does not die."
There are countless posts soliciting people to go with others. This is in clear violation… https://t.co/hfi7I6riQi
The Ceuta invasion is being coordinated by Facebook groups. @finkd
The flagship group description: "Ceuta by every route #hraga_ceuta — Migration is an idea, and the idea does not die."
There are countless posts soliciting people to go with others. This is in clear violation of the Facebook ToS that prohibits content "offers to provide or facilitate human smuggling" or content that asks for "asks for human smuggling services."
The groups that must be banned are:
• Hraga Ceuta 🚢 — 124,639 · 231/day → /groups/749906839376195/
• Hraga Ceuta 🇪🇸 — 36,272 · 186/day → /groups/1302645485013793/
• [Immigration to] ceuta — 31,272 · 31/day → /groups/2161047214157232/
• Haraga_ceuta — 22,382 · 81/day → /groups/2250468988743746/
• Haraga Ceuta sabta 2024/2025 — 15,860 · 12/day → /groups/1370413077068987/
Among the tens of thousands are most certainly criminals fleeing prosecution, as some freely admit. Given the opportunity to escape the law, they would be fools to forego the opportunity to escape justice, and so they do.
Morocco maintains functioning schools, universities, hospitals, a working economy free from war and famine in a very unstable region, has different projects, and today there are more opportunities than ever. However, in Morocco, criminal punishment is severe. & those who violate… https://t.co/frNetq7G3W
— Zineb Riboua (@zriboua) July 30, 2026
Morocco maintains functioning schools, universities, hospitals, a working economy free from war and famine in a very unstable region, has different projects, and today there are more opportunities than ever. However, in Morocco, criminal punishment is severe. & those who violate Moroccan law exploit a structural advantage because Sanchez’ permissive immigration policy and willingness to invoke human rights rhetoric to shield criminals provide sanctuary to them. Moroccan authorities cannot pursue offenders across the border into Spanish territory or Ceuta and whenever it did it created a scandal one way or another, these criminals know this and leverage this gap to the maximum.
Obviously, the Spanish government, which says it is taking "immediate action" to address the situation, will be bringing all these invaders to the Spanish mainland, where they will be given all the rights that all illegal migrants are amounting to indefinite leave to stay and perhaps, eventually, a path to citizenship as Sanchez has granted prior illegal aliens.
He can't leave 30,000 or more refugees in the tiny enclave of Ceuta, after all.
🇪🇸 Sánchez’s government does not consider the invasion of Ceuta a “national emergency”
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 30, 2026
The Interior Ministry said it will protect border integrity but cannot declare a formal national emergency solely over migration.
As a result, Ceuta’s local authorities cannot access special… pic.twitter.com/rXGdIdBNxK
🇪🇸 Sánchez’s government does not consider the invasion of Ceuta a “national emergency”
The Interior Ministry said it will protect border integrity but cannot declare a formal national emergency solely over migration.
As a result, Ceuta’s local authorities cannot access special emergency funds or deploy the army.
The Ministry insists on using only standard police reinforcements and regular legal procedures.
Sanchez has openly stated that his goal is to use the influx of migrants to dilute the electoral power of Spanish citizens whom he considers "far right," which is why he is fighting for a rapid path to citizenship for all comers. He doesn't deny the thesis that the transnationalists are trying to replace the European population with a more pliable one; he embraces it.
The Spanish government and its partners openly state that the reason for legalising more than half a million migrants is to "defeat the far right." This is literally weaponised demography. They took the most conspiratorial interpretation of the "Great Replacement" that is not…
— PanEuropeanMovement (@EuropeanPan) January 29, 2026
The Spanish government and its partners openly state that the reason for legalising more than half a million migrants is to "defeat the far right." This is literally weaponised demography. They took the most conspiratorial interpretation of the "Great Replacement" that is not even shared by most far right parties, namely it being a coordinated elite plan to reduce the native European share of the population, and actually turned it into policy - while also bypassing parliament, I might add.
The next Spanish parliamentary elections must take place by August 22nd next year, so he still has a year to implement his agenda. Likely no longer than that, given the popular opposition to his current government, which surely will grow as the invasion does. His wife is under investigation for corruption, and opposition parties are growing in strength.
He is striking while the iron is hot.
Leftists be like “Vote for us and we will give you better healthcare!” and then the first thing they do is import the entire continent of Africa https://t.co/qDIt15eWnL
— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) July 30, 2026
UPDATE:
Georgia Meloni is going into hyperdrive; at least she believes that this is a crisis, and a European one at that. She says Italy is considering cutting off Spain's access to Italy by Schengen Zone rules, meaning that visas would be required to enter.
Le immagini che arrivano da Ceuta sono impressionanti e dimostrano, ancora una volta, che l’immigrazione clandestina fuori controllo rappresenta una minaccia concreta per la sicurezza dei confini europei.
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) July 30, 2026
Mi sono confrontata con il Ministro dell’Interno Matteo Piantedosi.…
The images coming from Ceuta are striking and demonstrate, once again, that uncontrolled illegal immigration poses a concrete threat to the security of Europe's borders.
I have spoken with Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. Italy will not stand by and watch. We are convening the relevant bodies, and following these meetings, we are prepared to intervene with extraordinary measures to defend the borders and the safety of citizens, including the suspension of the Schengen Area with Spain.
On illegal immigration, we will not yield an inch: defending the borders, stopping human traffickers, and ensuring effective repatriations will continue to be the line of this Government.
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