Spain Stands with Ceuta as Hundreds of Thousands Rally Against Pedro Sánchez
Protesters demanded tougher border controls and the return of 80,000 migrants as police arrested four people and injured four officers in clashes.
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EADaily, 3 September 2026. Many thousands of anti-migrant meetings were held throughout Spain. The demonstrators demanded urgent measures to address the problems of the Ceuta Exclave and called on the Government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to resign.
Spain Stands with Ceuta as Hundreds of Thousands Rally against Pedro Sánchez
Hundreds of thousands rallied across Spain on Ceuta Day demanding stronger border controls, expulsion of illegal migrants and Pedro Sánchez’s resignation, while solidarity protests also reached the European Parliament in Brussels. The demonstrations came as a police intelligence report described July’s mass invasion from Morocco as ‘planned’, deepening pressure on the government.
In total, there have been rallies in 1,996 municipalities. That is, there have been events in almost one of every four of the country’s 8,132 municipalities. More information: Only 72 PSOE mayors join the rallies by Ceuta: 3% of the 2,308 municipalities that governs
Residents of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have taken to the streets to protest against the authorities in Madrid. The residents are unhappy with the Spanish government's handling of the crisis caused by the deadly influx of migrants from Morocco in...
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