# Instagram accounts fuel Ceuta migration crisis with paid crossing advice

https://mins.news/en/item/22193

- BBC News, 2026-08-14 12:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89n20wj9kko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A BBC investigation found a network of interconnected Instagram profiles portraying the swim from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta enclave as safe and easy, while offering crossing advice for payment. One account requested 5,000 dirhams upfront and claimed to have helped many people. The content risks further deaths and renewed tensions between Morocco and Spain.

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