Boat and jet ski crossings reported from Ceuta to mainland Spain

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 03, 2026 · 195 words · By Juan Carlos de Santos; Juan Carlos De Santos

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Following the mass arrivals in Ceuta, Spanish authorities say they are seeing a rise in suspected clandestine crossings by boat and jet ski from the North African enclave across the Strait of Gibraltar to mainland Spain.

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What happened

Why it matters

People-smuggling networks are believed to have opened new routes to move migrants from Ceuta, Spain's North African enclave, to the Spanish mainland.

Common ground

According to Spanish newspaper Europa Sur, the groups are using speedboats and jet skis to ferry migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain's southern coast.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “According to Spanish newspaper Europa Sur, the groups are using speedboats and jet skis to ferry migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain's southern coast.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources confirm the method of transport. A web search result explicitly states that 'People-smuggling networks are reportedly using speedboats and jet skis to transport migrants from Ceuta, Spain, to the mainland.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ceuta (UK: , US: ; Spanish: [ˈθewta, ˈsewta] ; Moroccan Arabic: سَبْتَة, romanized: Sabtah) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies between the Mediterr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain is a transcontinental country located in southwestern Europe and northern Africa, occupying about 84.6% of the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory includes a small exclave inside France called Llí…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melilla (, Spanish: [meˈliʝa] ; Tarifit: Mřič) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilla

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Claim 2: “The newspaper reported that the criminal networks are taking advantage of the thousands of migrants still stranded in Ceuta following the recent border crisis”

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The evidence confirms that smuggling networks are using speedboats/jet skis to transport migrants from Ceuta, and other sources (The Guardian, News18) confirm a border crisis and thousands of migrants stranded in Ceuta, providing the necessary context for the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Asociación Deportiva Ceuta B is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 2012, they are the reserve team of AD Ceuta FC, play in Tercera Federación – Group 10, and hol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_Ceuta_FC_B

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Andalusi Party (Spanish: Partido Andalusí) is a Spanish political party. Established in Algeciras in 2023 by Dris Mohamed, the party is inspired by the Andalusian nationalism of Blas Infante and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusi_Party

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Claim 3: “Several landings were reported over the weekend near the cities of Algeciras and La Línea de la Concepción, close to Gibraltar, where Spanish security forces intercepted groups of young Moroccan nationals.”

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Two independent reports (one in English and one in Spanish) confirm that the Spanish National Police intercepted two boats carrying 17 people of North African origin near Algeciras and La Línea de la Concepción over the weekend.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Algeciras (Spanish: [alxeˈθiɾas] ) is a city and a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. With a registered population as of 2020 of 123,078, it is the most populated mun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeciras

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — High-speed railways in Spain have been in operation since 1992 when the first line was opened connecting the cities of Madrid, Córdoba and Seville. Unlike the rest of the Iberian broad gauge network, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La Alcaidesa is an affluent gated community (known as an urbanización in Spanish) near Sotogrande, Spain (within the municipalities of La Línea de la Concepción and San Roque), in the Andalusian provi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Alcaidesa

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Claim 4: “Spanish authorities say they are seeing a rise in suspected clandestine crossings by boat and jet ski from the North African enclave across the Strait of Gibraltar to mainland Spain.”

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The claim is directly confirmed by a Euronews report stating that Spanish authorities are seeing a rise in clandestine crossings by boat and jet ski from Ceuta to mainland Spain.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Morocco–Spain border consists of three non-contiguous lines totalling 18.5 km (11.5 miles) around the Spanish territories of Ceuta (8 km; 5 miles), Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (85 metres; 279 feet…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco–Spain_border

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 30 July 2026, an estimated 80,000 people, predominantly young men, have illegally breached and crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in North Africa, with sma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Morocco–Spain_border_inci…

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Claim 5: “Spanish authorities have reinforced security in and around Ceuta and stepped up surveillance of the Strait of Gibraltar to prevent further departures.”

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While the evidence confirms the existence of the border crisis and the geography of the Strait of Gibraltar, there is no specific corroborating evidence in the provided search results confirming the 'reinforcement of security' or 'stepped up surveillance' specifically to prevent these departures, other than the general mention of extra troops in Ceuta by The Guardian.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents are s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

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