Migrants took over a Spanish city of 80,000 people.
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
Sources confirm Ceuta has about 80,000 residents and that a mass migrant crossing in late July 2026 overwhelmed the city, with Courthouse News reporting intruders took over parks, boulevards and stores for about 48 hours. The 'took over' wording is a strong characterization, since most entrants returned to Morocco within days and several thousand remained.
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… Yeah, because, you know, we're a globalists, we're an open society, and this was the result. You know, a few days later, where 60,000 military age men stormed the border, swam, many of them swam, jumped the fence, came in in trucks, and just took over a Spanish city of eighty thousand, sixty thousand invaders. Here, here's the scene, that scene, that video you're looking at has to be in every Republican ad. Do you want this? It looks just like the southern border of our country for four years under Joe Biden. …
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Supports. Multiple sources put Ceuta's population at roughly 80,000 to 84,000, matching the claim's city size.[1][3][4]
Supports. Courthouse News reports that over about 48 hours the intruders took over parks, boulevards and stores, and that Ceuta was overwhelmed.[4]
Supports. Tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta in late July, with estimates ranging from about 50,000 to 80,000, and up to 15,000 stayed afterward.[1][2][3]
Context. Most migrants returned to Morocco within hours or days, so 'took over' describes a temporary occupation rather than lasting control.[2][3][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1How 50000 People Surged Into a Spanish Exclave in Africanytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2Violence breaks out in Ceuta as migrant crisis continuesbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 3The border crisis in Spain's Ceuta has exposed its ...arkansasonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4EU migration chief praises border crackdown as Ceuta death toll risescourthousenews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Ceuta: Migrant crossings and European reactioncommonslibrary.parliament.uk · not rated · cited for: context
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