{"id":80701,"date":"2026-08-02T03:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/how-spains-migrant-crisis-created-a-political-storm-whipped-up-by-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:49:07","slug":"how-spains-migrant-crisis-created-a-political-storm-whipped-up-by-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/how-spains-migrant-crisis-created-a-political-storm-whipped-up-by-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How Spain&#8217;s migrant crisis created a political storm &#8211; whipped up by social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Italy is not the only country to see Spain as soft on migration, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meloni&#8217;s call for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cz7d17r455go\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">urgent meeting of interior ministers<\/a> to be held on Tuesday was signed by almost two dozen EU heads of state, calling for the elimination of all policies that could be &#8220;pull factors&#8221; to Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Above all, they mean Spain&#8217;s controversial move to allow hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants apply for residence and work permits and &#8220;regularise&#8221; their status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government&#8217;s pragmatic: Spain is ageing and needs workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But those who flocked to the beaches of Ceuta this week were not heading to sign up for a campaign that&#8217;s already closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sanchez himself points instead to a recent ruling by Spain&#8217;s Supreme Court: it said those who enter by sea cannot be pushed back immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The prime minister argues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2kp639yx4o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">that was misrepresented by smugglers<\/a> to promise an easy path to Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The crowd heading for Ceuta didn&#8217;t need to pay smugglers, though, because most were Moroccan and the route is well known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The message was actually spread online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Migrants have shown social media posts to reporters with people shouting that &#8220;Spain is Open&#8221; and jumping into the sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Multiple accounts we&#8217;ve checked ourselves show young people in wetsuits and flippers, or filming themselves already swimming, mixed with pictures from inside Ceuta itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some have only been active for weeks. Several have tens of thousands of likes<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All their promises were false.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The crowds who made it to kiss the shore in Ceuta with joy were met with nothing. Without food or shelter, and with no way on to continental Europe, most quickly turned back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c62vl925dqdo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy is not the only country to see Spain as soft on migration, though. Meloni&#8217;s call for an urgent meeting of interior ministers to be held on Tuesday was signed by almost two dozen EU heads of state, calling for the elimination of all policies that could be &#8220;pull factors&#8221; to Europe. 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