Morocco blames misinformation for Ceuta migrant rush; Israel conspiracy theories spread
Morocco’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday that recent mass crossings to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla were fuelled by misinformation on social media, human trafficking networks and misinterpretation of a Spanish ruling banning immediate returns of migrants intercepted at sea.Spanish officials said the death toll from the mass rush of migrants from Morocco into Ceuta last week reached at least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast.More than 50,000 people crossed into Ceuta by land and sea in an unprecedented surge that began on Thursday at one of the European Union’s only two land borders with Africa, prompting alarm across the bloc. More than 48,000 returned to Morocco within 48 hours and more did so over the weekend, Spanish authorities said.The Spanish government representative in Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez, told reporters on Sunday that, in addition to the 72 fatalities, more…
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Morocco's Interior Ministry attributed the recent mass migration into Spain's Ceuta and Melilla enclaves to social media misinformation, human trafficking, and misinterpretations of a Spanish ruling on migrant returns. This unprecedented surge, which began on Thursday, saw over 50,000 people cross into Ceuta, with more than 48,000 subsequently returning to Morocco. Spanish officials reported at least 72 fatalities, significantly higher than Morocco's count of 11, mostly due to drowning or being crushed.
"This is not a story about a few bad actors. It is a story about a platform whose design rewards the fastest and most inflammatory explanation available, and on X that explanation is increasingly a Jewish conspiracy."
Amidst the crisis, antisemitic conspiracy theories rapidly spread online, falsely accusing Israel and Jewish people of orchestrating the event. The Combat Antisemitism Movement's Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) reported that these posts reached an estimated 103 million people on X within 72 hours. Diplomatic tensions also arose after Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon criticized Spain's handling of the crisis, which some Spanish officials interpreted as supporting the conspiracy theories.
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