Report blaming Moroccan police for Ceuta crisis puts heat on Spain's government

Spain's interior minister has asked police to check a report where a government agency blamed Moroccan security forces for July's mass migrant entry to Ceuta, contradicting Pedro Sánchez's claims that Moroccan authorities weren't involved.

Makeshift camps, clashes and growing hostility have become part of daily life in the North African exclave, where thousands of migrants remain a month after the mass crossing.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said there were signs Russia and Israel had spread the disinformation over Spain's migration policy that triggered last month's rush of migrants into Ceuta, but no evidence of Moroccan ​involvement. Both Israel and Russia have denied their involvement. Over 72,000 migrants ‌irregula

The investigation into what caused the migration crisis in Ceuta is still underway, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Cadena Ser radio, but social media has already been flooded with fake news and disinformation.

Spanish law enforcement officials on Sunday night detained three Moroccan illegal migrants involved in throwing bottles filled with corrosive liquids at military officials in Ceuta.

Sanchez cited EU research which had found that Russia ⁠and ⁠Israel both spread disinformation during the crisis.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party is losing support ahead of an election next year, according to the first major opinion poll published since the government faced a major migration crisis in the city of Ceuta.