The right’s exploitation of the Ceuta migrant ‘crisis’ almost guarantees that it will happen again | Ruben Andersson
Spanish army infantry members speak with migrants near Ceuta’s border post, 2 August 2026. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSpanish army infantry members speak with migrants near Ceuta’s border post, 2 August 2026. As thousands of mainly Moroccan citizens streamed into the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta at the tip of north Africa, Spain’s far-right party Vox decried a migrant “invasion”, blaming Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s regularisation and leftist politics.
- ▪Spanish army infantry members speak with migrants near Ceuta’s border post, 2 August 2026.
- ▪Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSpanish army infantry members speak with migrants near Ceuta’s border post, 2 August 2026.
- ▪As thousands of mainly Moroccan citizens streamed into the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta at the tip of north Africa, Spain’s far-right party Vox decried a migrant “invasion”, blaming Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s regularisation and
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Spanish army infantry members speak with migrants near Ceuta’s border post, 2 August 2026. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSpanish army infantry members speak with migrants near Ceuta’s border post, 2 August 2026. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesOpinionSpainThe right’s exploitation of the Ceuta migrant ‘crisis’ almost guarantees that it will happen againRuben AnderssonThe EU’s panic and the lack of solidarity emboldens smugglers and the far right – and makes Spain even more vulnerableMon 3 Aug 2026 09.33 EDTLast modified on Mon 3 Aug 2026 09.42 EDTShareFor the European hard right and the White House, it seemed almost too good to be true: left-liberal Spain punished with a migration crisis of its own making.The histrionics came right on cue.
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