The Spanish interior ministry said three platoons of 20 soldiers each, a diving unit and a military vessel would be deployed by Friday. Ceuta, together with Melilla - another Spanish autonomous city located in North Africa - represents the Europe's only land border with Africa. Opposition People's Party leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo said in a post on X: "The situation in Ceuta is desperate. The Spanish interior ministry said it was working closely with Morocco to address the surge in irregular arrivals, having prevented thousands of migrants from illegally entering Ceuta in recent days. It vowed to immediately deport those entering illegally, blaming people-smuggling networks for exploiting the Supreme Court's ruling to encourage undocumented migration.