{"id":366275,"date":"2026-07-31T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-did-almost-60000-people-cross-into-spanish-territory\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:00:34","slug":"why-did-almost-60000-people-cross-into-spanish-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-did-almost-60000-people-cross-into-spanish-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did almost 60,000 people cross into Spanish territory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fOMHcYGvUxE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why did almost 60,000 people cross into Spanish territory?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOMHcYGvUxE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is absolute chaos,\u201d said Rachid Sbihi, the head of the association that represents border protection in Ceuta.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The small autonomous Spanish city sits on the north African coast and has seen an influx of more than 49,000 people in the last 24 hours. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible to give precise numbers, but there are thousands of migrants crossing,\u201d Sbihi said, adding that the border had \u201ctotally collapsed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For Spain\u2019s prime minister, Pedro S\u00e1nchez, this migration crisis is a violation of Spain\u2019s territorial sovereignty. He says it is driven by human traffickers wilfully misleading migrants about the legal situation after a recent ruling by the Spanish supreme court.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the court ruled that immediate returns of migrants crossing the border illegally did not apply to those arriving by sea \u2013 but with some important caveats that say they cannot \u201covercome the established border containment elements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish authorities have said 25,000 people have already recrossed the border voluntarily.<\/p>\n<p>#cueta #spain #pedrosanchez #africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe situation is absolute chaos,\u201d said Rachid Sbihi, the head of the association that represents border protection in Ceuta. 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