Ceuta on the Spanish border is out of control: On July 30th, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa experienced a large-scale border crossing. Spanish national television estimates that approximately 2000 to 3000 people enter Ceuta in a single day. Some people swim around the fence, some use tires to float, and some break through the border gate and rush into the city. The population of Xiuda is only about 85000. That is to say, the daily influx of people is equivalent to 2.4% to 3.5% of the local population. According to the proportion of Shanghai's population, it is equivalent to approximately 580000 to 870000 people entering in a day. Spain urgently dispatched 200 police officers and 60 military personnel. Nine bodies were found on that day, and 60 people have died on this route in recent months. The local facilities for receiving minors have already reached 24 times the designed capacity. The direct trigger of this crisis was a recent ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court: Immigrants who arrive at Ceuta and Melilla by sea cannot be immediately deported like those who cross land fences, and must undergo identity checks and legal procedures. The result is very realistic. Similarly, when entering Spain, flipping over the fence may result in immediate return, while swimming around the fence can earn program dwell time. The human smuggling network quickly changed its route, turning a legal loophole into a border loophole for arbitrage. When a country simultaneously sends two signals of "large-scale legalization" and "inability to immediately repatriate upon arrival at sea", and the efficiency of repatriation, border forces, and reception capabilities are not synchronized, human smuggling networks will package it as a one-way option: Successfully crossing the border may result in a lengthy review and detention process; Cross border failure, with the main losses borne by immigrants; The costs of reception, law enforcement, and social governance are left to Spain. When Spain and Morocco had a diplomatic conflict in 2021, about 10000 people entered Ceuta within a few days, and immigrants were indeed used as diplomatic chips. What is truly alarming is the structural contradiction in European border governance: Europe needs to ensure humanitarian procedures, absorb labor, and prevent illegal entry; At the same time, a large amount of border control responsibilities were outsourced to neighboring countries such as Morocco. Every policy has its own reasons when viewed individually, but when put together, once law enforcement capabilities fail to keep up, the first thing to collapse is not the fence, but the credibility of national policies. What Shoda was knocked open was just a door. Behind the door lies the increasingly difficult balance of immigration policies in Europe to maintain.