Conflict · Ceuta wall · Archive67 Dead, 60,000 Crossed — But Ceuta Emptied. Now Spain Builds a Wall.Aired August 2, 2026 at 5:27 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00At least 67 people are dead after a mass0:02attempt to cross from Morocco into the0:04Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The death toll0:06has nearly tripled from the0:07approximately 20 initially reported0:09[music] during the crossing.0:12An estimated 60,000 migrants crossed0:14from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of0:16Ceuta over a few days.0:18>> [music]0:18>> And by Saturday, almost everyone who0:20made it in was back on the other side.0:22As Haya Alami reported from the [music]0:24ground, "Everyone is back in Morocco0:26today."0:28Spain has announced [music] plans to0:30build a 500-m long containment barrier,0:32a permanent structure designed to0:34prevent [music] a repeat of the0:35crossing. Meanwhile, a majority of0:37European Union countries have called0:39[music] for emergency talks in an open0:41letter to the block's interior0:42ministers, elevating what began as a0:44bilateral border event into a0:46continental emergency. The contradiction0:48is stark. [music]0:49The streets have emptied. The policy0:51machinery is accelerating. Spain is0:53building a wall. The [music] EU is0:54convening. And the question neither has0:57publicly answered is what exactly they0:59are preparing to stop, a crossing that1:01already happened or the next one they1:02believe is coming.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗