WorldCeuta migrant crisis: Far-right governments are ‘ridiculously using these images’ to stoke fear for votes

Policy analyst Antoni Vives argues that the Ceuta migration crisis cannot be understood only as a humanitarian emergency or a spontaneous movement of people. He places the events in a wider setting shaped by colonial legacies, demographic and economic inequality, and rivalry between Morocco and Algeria. Vives recognises that young Moroccans are seeking economic opportunity, but says the crossings’ scale and timing point to deliberate geopolitical signalling by Morocco toward Spain. The headline accuses far-right governments of using the images to fuel fear for electoral gain.

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