Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territoryMigrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026. Spanish authorities continued searching for bodies in the waters near the stretch of urban beach that tens of thousand of migrants had breached days earlier. At least 72 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, Spanish authorities said Sunday. But the city that prides itself on being home to four cultures was still grappling with the aftermath of the border surge, with locals disagreeing on what caused it and who exactly is to blame. Some migrants who returned to Morocco described a border that was effectively open and said authorities did little as they watched thousands of people cross.