Spain boosts security in Ceuta as calls appear online for another mass border rush
Spain and Morocco have tightened security as social media posts call for another mass crossing, after about 72,000 people entered Ceuta in late July.
- On Friday, Spanish authorities in Ceuta increased security patrols following viral social media posts urging migrants to rush the border on Saturday, with soldiers and police now guarding the North African enclave.
- An RFI investigation revealed the campaign was fueled by artificial amplification, including around 10 suspicious Instagram accounts created recently to promote rumors of the border crossing.
- Although posts generated more than 20 million views, private WhatsApp groups had nearly 800 members; Spain's Guardia Civil warned on Tuesday, "The border with Spain is closed... Don't be fooled."
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska visited Ceuta on Thursday, confirming over 500 additional police officers remain deployed and pledging to "deploy whatever personnel are necessary to restore normality."
- Migration expert Mohamed Ali Lahlou noted that social media acts as an accelerator, not the cause, with youth unemployment around 45 percent driving broader economic frustrations underlying the movement.
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Spain and Morocco have strengthened their security arrangements on the border with the Spanish North Africa exclave Ceuta.
Thousands of Moroccan agents are engaged in the pre-seasoned device to prevent new mass arrivals in Ceuta, after appeals spread on social networks in view of August 15. Migrants dispersed with tear gas remained in the area
At the end of July 80,000 people flocked to the Spanish exclave Ceuta. On social media there are calls for a new mass rush. Morocco reports first arrests.
According to Spanish media, security forces in the mountains on the Moroccan side of the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta prevented several hundred people from attempting to cross the heavily guarded border. Most of the migrants are said to come from African countries located further south. The migrants had hidden in the vicinity of Fnideq, close to the border with Ceuta.
Many of those held, mostly from sub-Saharan countries, carried spikes and other tools supposedly intended to help them jump the border fence.
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