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View all search resultsSpanish PM says disinformation on Ceuta crisis was spread by Russia, Israel
Sanchez said it was "evident" that the two countries had used the crisis to criticise the Spanish government, as they were at odds with Madrid over its position on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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This video frame grab obtained from an AFP video shows migrants reaching the shore of Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta, after swimming around the border fence between Morocco and Spain, in Ceuta on July 30, 2026. Hundreds of migrants entered the Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta today, AFP reporters saw, many of them having swum by sea around the frontier fence. (AFP)/Lucía Diaz)
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ussia and Israel both spread and amplified disinformation related to the mass entry of migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last month, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, citing research by the European Union's foreign service EEAS.
Sanchez said it was "evident" that the two countries had used the crisis to criticise the Spanish government, as they were at odds with Madrid over its position on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
More than 70,000 migrants entered Ceuta in late July, swimming or crossing on foot from neighbouring Morocco in a chaotic influx that left scores dead and fuelled fresh tensions within the European Union over migration.
Although the vast majority returned to Morocco within hours, thousands remain in the territory, many living rough on the streets.
Spain's left-wing government puts the figure at between 3,500 and 7,000, while Ceuta's right-wing leaders say it is at least 10,000.
At least 72 people died during the mass influx of migrants into Ceuta enclave from Morocco, Spanish officials have said.
Most of the estimated 60,000 people who rushed into Spain's north African territory -- most by swimming -- have returned to Morocco since the territory's largest mass migrant crossing.
