Last week’s rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta began with a trickle. Encouraged by a handful of viral videos, including some posted by a Spanish news outlet intended to highlight the burden of migration pressures, the movement of a few dozen youths quickly turned into tens of thousands swimming en masse by last Thursday. Ceuta has long drawn migrants hoping to build a new life in Europe. Most videos and online groups amplifying the calls to rush to Ceuta have since been deleted and their original posting dates are unclear. INFLUENCERS RUSH INThe next day, social media was flooded with videos as influencers with tens of thousands of followers posted clips of themselves swimming to Ceuta, some with wetsuits and swim rings.