Morocco blames Ceuta migration influx on social media, human trafficking

Moroccan authorities have blamed the recent migration influx that saw some 60,000 migrants pour into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on social media and human trafficking.

Morocco’s government said factors such as misinformation and human trafficking lured tens of thousands of migrants into illegally crossing into the Spanish-governed northern African enclave of Ceuta last week.

Morocco's Interior Ministry says at least 11 people died, most by drowning, while trying to cross the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in a rush of about 40,000 people blamed by the government on social media misinformation and human trafficking networks.

Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta’s president says. That is equivalent to 70 per cent of the city’s regular population. At least 34 migrants have died in the process.

Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta’s president says

AROUND 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta’s president said today. At least 34 migrants have died attempting the crossing. “The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable,” Juan Jesus Vivas told journalists. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez slam

The government of Morocco, through its embassy in Madrid, blamed the massive migrant wave flooding the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on "criminal organizations" and human trafficking networks allegedly encouraging the developing crisis while profiting from their illicit work.