This is the moment tens of thousands of people marched in Sevilla ‘in solidarity with Ceuta’ on Wednesday night.

Some estimates put the number of demonstrators at 60,000, making it one of the most attended protests out of the more than 200 that took place across Spain.

Locals draped themselves in the Spanish flag and chanted various slogans, many of them against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Among the crowds was the neo-Nazi group Nucleo Nacional.

Footage taken by the Spanish Eye shows members of the ultra-right group waving flags and chanting.

Several had their faces covered as they shouted slogans including ‘Ceuta is Spain, and Spain is Ceuta’, and ‘Pedro Sanchez, hijo de p**a’.

Local Police estimated the crowd at more than 60,000 people, while the Policia Nacional put attendance at around 40,000.

The rally, called by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), filled Avenida de la Constitucion and spilled into Puerta de Jerez and Plaza de San Francisco.

Spanish flags dominated the crowd alongside the black-and-white flag of Ceuta, while protesters repeatedly chanted ‘Ceuta no se vende, Ceuta se defiende’ (Ceuta is not for sale, Ceuta is defended.)

Other chants demanded the resignation of Sanchez and the expulsion of those who entered Ceuta illegally during the recent migrant crisis.

Mayor demands migrants who entered illegally are returned

Sevilla mayor Jose Luis Sanz insisted the demonstration’s purpose was to tell the people of Ceuta that ‘they are not alone’.

‘Ceuta is an inalienable part of our country and Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta is not up for discussion,’ he said.

The PP mayor argued that the situation went beyond migration, saying: ‘When a Spanish border is put under pressure, all of Spain is put under pressure.’

He called on the central government to strengthen security and border controls in Ceuta and demanded ‘the return of all those who entered the country illegally’.

Antonio Sanz, the Junta de Andalucia’s presidency minister, similarly insisted the rally was ‘not against anyone’, although he launched a blistering attack on the Sanchez government and accused it of abandoning Ceuta.

Senior PP and Vox figures attended the demonstration, including Andalucian vice president Manuel Gavira.

Despite the enormous crowds and heated political chants, the Policia Nacional reported no significant public-order incidents during the rally.