Spain's Ceuta Overwhelmed
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Morocco is blaming a massive surge of migrants​ into Ceuta on various factors, including "malicious exploitation of digital platforms" and the spread of misleading information.
Far-right politicians and activists are flocking to the Spanish territory on the northern coast of Africa, fueling tensions there days after thousands of migrants entered the exclave.
There have been tense exchanges between Spain and other EU states over the influx of migrants into the enclave of Ceuta.
Ceuta migration influx has resulted in tens of thousands of migrants who originally travelled into the Spanish territory to return to North Africa; Spain to put up containment fence.
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At least 72 dead amid mass migrant rush to storm Spanish enclave of Ceuta sparking border crisis
At least 72 migrants are dead as Spain searches for more victims and a deadly border crossing sparks renewed political tensions across Europe.
The arrival of 60,000 people into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco last week has created serious tensions within the EU over immigration. Spain has called for a meeting of EU
It remains unclear who created the viral posts that encouraged the would-be migrants to believe that they could get to Europe from Ceuta. But those who want to weaken the Spanish government, boost the European far right, and create turmoil inside the EU lost little time in promoting the photographs as soon as they arrived.