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

Viral social media rumours claiming Spain was opening its border pushed thousands of Moroccans toward Ceuta in the largest migration crisis between the two countries in years. Euronews reports the surge exposed serious control failures; many migrants say they were told they could cross freely, and it was the online posts — not traffickers — that drew them there.

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