Does a video show migrants entering Ceuta, Spain, from Morocco on July 30, 2026? No, that's not true: The clip was uploaded to social media before July 30. The video was published as early as July 5 describing a religious event at a different location.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here and here) published on Facebook on July 30, 2026. It opened:
Is this an invasion of Spain?
This is what the attached video looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Fri Jul 31 16:52:22 2026 UTC)
The clip was uploaded on Facebook when news reports (archived here) documenting the arrival of thousands of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta (archived here) from Morocco were published by credible media organizations. Thus, the implication was that the footage was recent and showed that event.
The video, however, had been online at least since July 5, 2026 (archived here and here), when it was published on Facebook.That post's caption said nothing about Spain or Morocco:
(Image source: post by @cizreyenihaber on Facebook.)
This story previously included an AI analysis of the clip, but it has been removed as the results were not reliable.
