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Spanish Police Dossier Alleges Moroccan Forces Allowed and Directed Ceuta Mass Crossing

A validated dossier would transfer blame to Moroccan security.

CEUTA, SPAIN - JULY 31: Undocumented migrants, mostly young men, who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta illegally, begin returning to Morocco after realizing their chances of obtaining legal status in Spain are unlikely on July 31, 2026. Meanwhile, small groups of migrants continue trying to cross into Ceuta by swimming or climbing the breakwater surrounding the Fnideq coast. More than 48,300 of the approximately 50,000 migrants who entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since early Thursday have returned to Morocco by Friday afternoon, Spain's Interior Ministry said, according to EFE news agency. (Photo by Abu Adem Muhammed/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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More than 70,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco on July 30 and 31 in a surge that left scores dead

Overview

  • Spain’s National Police submitted a CENIF dossier to Judge María Tardón on Wednesday that says Moroccan security showed “total permissiveness” and that uniformed and non‑uniformed individuals guided migrants toward the sea and breakwater.
  • The Spanish Interior Ministry said the police communications do not establish the involvement of any Moroccan government, service or person and rejected claims that the dossier proves state direction.
  • Roughly 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta during a chaotic surge on July 30–31 that overwhelmed local services and left disputed counts of deaths as authorities scrambled to shelter and screen arrivals.
  • Local prosecutors and officials report rising protection and criminal cases since the influx, including 23 reported sexual assaults with nine victims under 18, and estimates of migrants remaining in Ceuta range from about 5,000 to roughly 9,000.
  • The dossier adds to ongoing judicial probes and heightens diplomatic risk with Rabat while EU bodies say they have no conclusive evidence that foreign‑state disinformation drove the wave, leaving returns, prosecutions and cooperation as open questions.