Spain: NGO accused of handing pepper spray to migrants in Ceuta
A resident of Ceuta, Spain, claims an NGO is giving pepper spray to migrants. With no evidence and no organisation identified, unrest is growing.
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Pepper spray for migrants: the accusation stirring up Ceuta with no NGO named
A resident of Ceuta has reported that an NGO is distributing pepper spray to irregular migrants. No names were given. No evidence was provided. None of that was needed for unrest to erupt in the city.
An accusation that refuses to take shape
The story is circulating as an anonymous account and has not been confirmed by any authority. The lack of identification of the organisation is, for now, the weak point of a story fuelled by pre-existing discontent with the NGOs operating at the border. It is argued that these organisations do not cooperate with residents and that their role in migration management is, at the very least, opaque.
From scepticism to calls for expulsion
Reactions fall into three camps. The first, sceptical, asks whether the only response was to film the scene. The second demands that the NGO finally be identified. The third goes further: it calls for expelling all humanitarian organisations from the city and cutting off their food supplies, a proposal that has even been made against groups named without any evidence. The tension is nothing new: relations between Ceuta and the NGOs were already strained. The pepper spray accusation, real or invented, has only added fuel to the fire.
As of today there is no official confirmation, no organisation named, and not a single spray seized. The story could deflate within 48 hours or become entrenched as a new episode of friction. In Ceuta, the climate for that is already in place.
A resident of Ceuta has reported that an NGO is distributing pepper spray to irregular migrants. No names were given. No evidence was provided. None of that was needed for unrest to erupt in the city.
An accusation that refuses to take shape
The story is circulating as an anonymous account and has not been confirmed by any authority. The lack of identification of the organisation is, for now, the weak point of a story fuelled by pre-existing discontent with the NGOs operating at the border. It is argued that these organisations do not cooperate with residents and that their role in migration management is, at the very least, opaque.
From scepticism to calls for expulsion
Reactions fall into three camps. The first, sceptical, asks whether the only response was to film the scene. The second demands that the NGO finally be identified. The third goes further: it calls for expelling all humanitarian organisations from the city and cutting off their food supplies, a proposal that has even been made against groups named without any evidence. The tension is nothing new: relations between Ceuta and the NGOs were already strained. The pepper spray accusation, real or invented, has only added fuel to the fire.
As of today there is no official confirmation, no organisation named, and not a single spray seized. The story could deflate within 48 hours or become entrenched as a new episode of friction. In Ceuta, the climate for that is already in place.
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