Social media rumours spark biggest migration crisis between Morocco and Spain in years

Viral posts about opening the Spanish border pushed thousands of Moroccans towards Ceuta, exposing serious control failures. Several migrants say they were told they could cross and insist it was not traffickers who led them there.

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Thousands of Moroccans swam to Spainish terrain Cueta, with 72 losing their lives.Thousands of people braving rough seas, clinging to rubber tubes and makeshift flotation devices, trying desperately to swim barely 100 metres into Europe. These extraordinary scenes which unfolded at Spain's North African enclave of Ceut

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Moroccan migrants described their despair at their economic future, explaining what propelled them across the border with Spain.

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.

Beyond the local political complexities in the Maghreb, Cymerman believes the refugee crisis is only set to intensify.

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.

The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.

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Ceuta migrant crisis: Morocco condemned for ‘facilitating' illegal crossings into European Union  GB News

About 60,000 people crossed in 24 hours, leaving at least 67 dead