On July 30, tens of thousands of mostly Moroccan migrants crossed into Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave, by land and sea, creating one of Europe’s largest recent migration surges. The rush left dozens dead and overwhelmed local authorities. Spain rapidly returned most migrants to Morocco, reinforced border security, and accused people smugglers of exploiting legal uncertainty following a Spanish court ruling on migrant returns.
In the above context, a video is being widely shared on social media in which people are running through streets, overturning trash cans and causing chaos.
The video is shared with a caption claiming that it shows Moroccan migrants entering Spain and destroying everything. The claim insinuates that the video shows Moroccans who entered Spain causing widespread destruction. Some posts have described the scenes as ‘thousands of military-aged’ migrants ‘ransacking stores, raiding homes and terrorising residents.’
A social media user shared the video with a caption that reads, “Pray For Spain, it will be a long desolate night of disaster."
SouthCheck found that the claim is false. The video is from May 2026. It shows the aftermath of the PSG victory in the UEFA Cup in France when riots occurred.
On a Google reverse image search, we found that the same video was shared by an Instagram page on May 31 with a caption that reads, “Toulouse last night after the final. Shameful.”
Since the video precedes the date when Moroccans fled Spain border, we can ascertain that the viral video is old.
We further found that the video was also embedded in an article by a French website, Lopinion. The article was published on May 31. The report associated with the video suggests that following Paris Saint-Germain’s victory, celebrations in Toulouse turned violent as groups of youths vandalised public property, set fires, clashed with police and looted shops.
Videos of the unrest sparked widespread outrage, prompting local elected officials to condemn the violence and call for stricter action against those responsible, while police launched investigations to identify the perpetrators.
Taking a hint, we searched with relevant keywords and found that the incident was also reported by Al Arabiya on June 1. Following Paris Saint-Germain’s UEFA Champions League triumph, celebrations across France descended into violence. Rioters clashed with police, looted shops, set vehicles ablaze and damaged public property. French authorities arrested nearly 900 people, while about 180 security personnel were injured. The government condemned the unrest, saying the violence overshadowed the club's historic victory.
