Ceuta: migration tension spills over onto social media

Ceuta: migration tension spills over onto social media

The social media accounts that for months served as a loudspeaker for migration pressure on Ceuta are now being used to issue "search and capture" calls against the city's own residents. There is no official confirmation that an orchestrated machine exists, but discontent in the city is real and growing louder.

Part of Ceuta's population argues that Pedro Sánchez's government has left the city alone to face what some describe as "hybrid warfare", while the government insists on the "humanitarian crisis" framing. That clash of narratives is not just semantics: it determines which measures are adopted at the border and who is held responsible.

Comparisons with other episodes add fuel to the fire. If the roles were reversed, Spanish citizens launching threats against foreigners would already have been identified, arrested and publicly exposed. That double standard feeds the perception of abandonment, which is worsened by recent memories such as the handling of the DANA floods or the absence of the prime minister, who according to official critics was still on holiday at La Mareta.

Until there is a credible political response, the next spike in tension at the border will be measured not only in fence jumps, but in viral messages crossing unchecked. The digital escalation has its own timetable and does not depend on the Interior Ministry's protocols.