Analysts remain divided over the recent massive influx of Moroccan migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with many pointing to possible involvement by Moroccan authorities. Several interpretations suggest that Morocco may be using migration as a form of political pressure against Spain, echoing a similar crisis that unfolded in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Major international outlets such as The Telegraph<\/em> and El Mundo<\/em> reported that the events of Thursday and Friday were not merely spontaneous attempts by young Moroccans fleeing poverty and hardship. Instead, they argue that the scale and organization of the movement indicate a coordinated and deliberate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Telegraph<\/em>, citing Western intelligence sources, Morocco may have facilitated the sudden movement of around 60,000 migrants into Ceuta as a response to diplomatic tensions with Spain. These tensions are believed to be linked to Spain\u2019s efforts to strengthen energy ties with Algeria. Observers note striking similarities with the 2021 crisis, when Morocco allegedly relaxed border controls following a diplomatic dispute with Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reports also mention testimonies about security leniency and social media calls encouraging migration. Spanish security sources told El Mundo<\/em> that Moroccan authorities may have \u201cturned a blind eye\u201d to the crossings, demonstrating their leverage over migration flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The situation has triggered alarm across Europe. Countries such as Italy and France have tightened border controls with Spain, fearing the spread of the crisis within the Schengen area. Spain reported at least 67 migrant deaths during attempts to reach Ceuta, while authorities also faced new crossing attempts in Melilla, prompting heightened security measures along both enclaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Analysts remain divided over the recent massive influx of Moroccan migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with many pointing to possible involvement by Moroccan authorities. Several interpretations suggest that Morocco may be using migration as a form of political pressure against Spain, echoing a similar crisis that unfolded in 2021. Major international outlets such …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66624,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66622\/revisions\/66624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}