Morocco blames Ceuta border surge on misleading info spread online

Morocco is blaming last week's massive surge of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on various factors, including "malicious exploitation of digital platforms" and the spread of misleading information. Most of the migrants were sent back home by Spanish officials after the sudden — and deadly — border rush.A Moroccan official said late Sunday that the surge of thousands of migrants last week into Ceuta, a small Spanish city on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, was "not the result of circumstantial or spontaneous factors.""They were the outcome of the interaction of several overlapping factors, foremost among them the malicious exploitation of digital platforms, the dissemination of misleading information, the role of human trafficking networks, and the misinterpretation of legal and administrative information aimed at creating the false impression that entry into the European area could be achieved easily and without legal consequences," said Ministry of Interior spokesman Rachid El Khalfi.Some Moroccan migrants told CBS News they saw social media posts stating, "Spain is an open door," along with videos of people swimming from Morocco to Ceuta. It was unclear who was behind th...