A Spanish soldier stands guard on a beach as a newly deployed 500-meter-long (1,640 feet) pneumatic security barrier is seen in the water in the background, following illegal crossings from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on August 1, 2026. At least 67 people have died in a recent surge of migrant crossings from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, Spain's Interior Minister said today. Most of the 60,000 migrants who entered Ceuta over the space of a few days from neighbouring Morocco have already returned to Morocco. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP via Getty Images)