The Spanish government said on Thursday that it would deploy the army to Ceuta to reinforce security after the crossings, which saw many migrants swim around the border to reach the territory.
The Spanish government said on Thursday that it would deploy the army to Ceuta to reinforce security after the crossings, which saw many migrants swim around the border to reach the territory.
The comments after that article, people are completely missing the point.
This is how I see it:
The EU pays Morocco to externalize its borders. Morocco has used these migrant dumps in the past as leverage to get more money or protest things it didn’t like. The EU is paying Morocco to be its border guard, so there is a structural dependency where Morocco holds the stronger hand.
Yes the court ruling in Spain happened that makes it look like this is why its happening now, but there are so many people, it seems allowed. Morocco denies they are officially involved, but they also denied this in the past when they clearly did. There are a lot of news reports of their border guards standing down, and even reports that they helped spread the social media news on purpose.
Why then? Because Spain recently strengthened diplomatic ties with Algeria, Morocco’s arch-regional rival. Seriously for a looooong time they have been rivals.
I also would see the ruling as a negative for Moroco’s government, as this removes a bit of their leverage. So they would like that reversed.
Edit: oh I forgot to mention, these people are just pawns in this game. Everyone wants to complain about the people they see in the photos, but it is the ruling classes on both sides that benefit from this, focus should be on them.