Spanish PM Sanchez says Israel and Russia spread disinformation on Ceuta migrant crisis

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Russia and ​Israel both ​spread and amplified disinformation related to the mass entry ​of migrants ‌into ⁠Spain's North African exclave ‌of Ceuta last month, Prime ⁠Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, ​citing research ‌by the European Union's foreign policy body, the European External Action Service (EEAS). "After July 30 and 31, there was a spread of rumours and disinformation, from social networks linked both to Russia and to Israel, and to an ultra-right international that always uses migration not only to attack Spain, but also to attack Europe and divide it," Sanchez told Cadena Ser radio. Sanchez ‌said it was "evident" that ​the two countries had used the crisis to criticise ​the Spanish ​government, as they were ​at odds with Madrid ​over its position on the wars in Ukraine and the ⁠Middle East. Read more‘We won’t go back’: Young Moroccan migrants in Ceuta refuse to abandon their European dream The prime minister also ruled out any responsibility on the part of the Moroccan authorities in the sudden influx of migrants who arrived in the Spanish territory. "No intelligence service with which the Spanish government normally cooperates sheds any doubt, or rather, suggests a...

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