Ceuta crisis exposes gap between border policy and online misinformation
Hundreds attempted to cross Ceuta last week, with many deaths, but EU ministers insisted the Schengen area was not at risk. Right-wing media portrayed it as an invasion, a narrative amplified by a social-media hoax about open borders. Experts say Europe’s border-hardening and externalisation of policing pushed migrants toward dangerous routes, and the incident is being used to push tougher migration policies—a pattern seen in past crises regardless of the event’s factual scope.
