Approximately 40,000 people may have illegally entered the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from Morocco on July 30, El Confidencial reported, citing estimates from the Spanish Civil Guard. According to other sources, about 20,000 people could have entered the autonomous city in just a week’s time. - At least 18 people died while trying to swim to the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta on the northern coast of Africa, El Pais reported. About Ceuta- Ceuta has the status of an autonomous city of Spain. The 2021 crisis- In May 2021, over a period of several days, about 10,000 illegal migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco.