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72,000 Migrants Surge to Ceuta After Social Media Claim

8/4/2026

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About 72,000 migrants reached Ceuta after Instagram, Facebook and TikTok posts claimed the Morocco border was open.
An Instagram account named Haraga Ceuta posted the claim, prompting packed buses, regional trains and taxis to leave Fnideq for Ceuta.
More than 80 migrants died in drownings and a stampede.
Nearly all survivors returned shortly after arriving, making the surge the largest Morocco-Spain migration flow in years.

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Story summary

About 72,000 migrants reached Ceuta after Instagram, Facebook and TikTok posts claimed the Morocco border was open.
An Instagram account named Haraga Ceuta posted the claim, prompting packed buses, regional trains and taxis to leave Fnideq for Ceuta.
More than 80 migrants died in drownings and a stampede.
Nearly all survivors returned shortly after arriving, making the surge the largest Morocco-Spain migration flow in years.