70% of Moroccans who stormed Ceuta claim to be 'gay' in asylum applications

A Breitbart publication claims that 70% of the Segarro who arrived in Ceuta in May 2021 declared themselves to be lgtb in their asylum applications. The figure does not come from any identified official source and mixes sensual orientation with migration fraud without any proof.

## A figure with no official source

The **Breitbart News** publication asserts that **70%** of the Segarro who entered **Ceuta** during the migration crisis of May 2021 claimed to be lgtb when applying for asylum. The figure is not accompanied by any report, file or statement from the Spanish Asylum and Refuge Office or the Ministry of the Interior. It is a round, striking figure with no documentary traceability. In economics and migration policy, such a percentage requires a primary source; here there is none.

## Why sensual orientation opens a route to asylum

International law protects those who flee because of their sensual orientation, and Spain enshrines this in Law 12/2009 of 30 October, which regulates the right of asylum. That makes a declaration of gaiity a legitimate ground, not a trick. An applicant lying is an individual fraud that the administration must verify case by case, through interviews and evidence. Turning that possibility into a mass percentage without any case files is something else: it is a collective accusation.

## The real cost of such a narrative

The Spanish asylum system processed more than **163,000** applications in 2023, according to data from the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR). Each case costs time and public money, and the backlog is a real problem that deserves debate. But that debate is lost when it is replaced by an unsupported figure. The Breitbart publication does not prove fraud: it offers a framework for discrediting applications based on sensual orientation. And that, in economic terms, is noise that makes management more expensive without solving it.