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Coordinated information campaign may be behind migration crisis in Ceuta — GFCN
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TASS
A coordinated information campaign spreading claims that the border had been opened may have triggered the migration crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta, the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) told TASS.
"It is highly likely that this was a coordinated campaign about the border being opened, coupled with the dissemination of various interpretations of changes to Spain’s migration legislation," the organization’s representatives said.
According to the GFCN, social media communities devoted to the incident in Ceuta "were generally called Hrig/Hraga Sebta or similar names."
"The main trigger for this information campaign was a ruling announced by Spain’s Supreme Court on July 8.
Ceuta situationAround 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta, a Spanish city on the North African coast, according to the municipal authorities.