How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media
How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media - Published Most of the tens of thousands of migrants who swam into the...
Key points
- How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media - Published Most of the tens of thousands of migrants who swam into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday have now returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish soldiers and police.
- Pedro Sanchez has hit out at some in the EU for "attacking" Spain in this crisis, playing politics instead of showing support.
- Fratelli d'Italia, the hard-right party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, had been quick to post images of migrants racing through the streets of Ceuta.
- The way Spain sees it, the crisis has been contained and Ceuta is not in the Schengen zone so Moroccan migrants were never going to head for mainland Europe, unchecked.
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How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media - Published Most of the tens of thousands of migrants who swam into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday have now returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish soldiers and police. Pedro Sanchez has hit out at some in the EU for "attacking" Spain in this crisis, playing politics instead of showing support. Fratelli d'Italia, the hard-right party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, had been quick to post images of migrants racing through the streets of Ceuta. The way Spain sees it, the crisis has been contained and Ceuta is not in the Schengen zone so Moroccan migrants were never going to head for mainland Europe, unchecked. The prime minister argues that was misrepresented by smugglers to promise an easy path to Europe. Migrants have shown social media posts to reporters with people shouting that "Spain is Open" and jumping into the sea.