# Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain’s border?

https://mins.news/en/video/13340

- BBC News, 2026-08-04 15:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnxNtqR3kg

> Tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco suddenly tried to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by sea last week. The abrupt border crisis has left at least 72 people dead, prompting competing explanations. The Trump administration blamed what it called “radical left-wing globalist policies”, while several European leaders condemned Spain’s allegedly lax immigration approach. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected those accusations and instead blamed trafficking gangs.

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