What’s behind US Representative Massie’s claims over crisis at Ceuta?

Nearly a week after tens of thousands of migrants engaged in a mass entry from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, questions have swirled online about the conditions that triggered the incident.Critics of Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were quick to capitalise on the crisis, painting a picture of an “invasion” of non-Western migrants facilitated by purportedly lax border policies.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How a social media campaign triggered huge migrant surge on Ceutalist 2 of 3Migrants stranded in Ceuta hope for a better futurelist 3 of 3Ceuta and Melilla: Why Europe’s African border remains a flashpointend of listBut others have speculated that the incident may have been part of an effort to embarrass the Spanish government, a frequent thorn in the side of the United States on issues such as the US-Israel war on Iran.Among those who chimed in was US Congressman Thomas Massie, a prominent conservative critic of Trump and anti-interventionist who drew attention to language in a recent congressional report that seemed to favour Morocco’s territorial claims over the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.While Morocco has drawn clos...