In the account of the Ceuta invasion, there are three coincidences in the versions given by Spain and Morocco. Besides the interpretation of a Supreme Court ruling, both countries claim that behind the massive arrival of migrants are the mafias and the false news spread on social networks. But it is not clarified who controls the mafias nor the dissemination of the message “The border is open” which would have given the green light for the 80,000 people who crossed the border, according to the autonomous city government.
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Who pulls the strings of social networks and for what purpose? This question has as many answers as political interests. However, in this serious episode it has become clear that there is a confrontation of migration management models in Europe and worldwide. It is more than likely that this division will be confirmed today in the telematic meeting of the EU Interior Ministers and in which the Spanish government will be clearly in the minority defending a model opposed to that of the majority of European governments led by countries like Italy and inspired by the United States.
For all these reasons, it is hard to believe that the human trafficking mafias are alone behind last week’s invasion. It is more believable that these mafiosi are instruments of a larger strategy that uses social networks as a weapon of mass mobilization.
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On the other hand, as the days go by, we learn more details of this crisis. For example, we know that Rabat and Madrid were aware that something big was being prepared due to the trickle of people arriving at the Spanish beach of Tarajal days before the great invasion and the transit of Moroccans heading to the Ceuta border from different cities in Morocco. So, it is as true that the movement of tens of thousands of people was detected as that there is no border guard or army capable of stopping an assault of thousands of people without causing a massacre.
And here we have another key point. Beyond global strategies, Morocco has shown that it holds the key and the method to put Spain in trouble, no matter how reliable a partner it is, thanks to its ancestral skill of sensing moments of weakness in the Spanish government to take advantage.
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