After tens of thousands of people headed for Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, Spanish fact-checkers uncovered a web of online groups sharing crossing plans and information. With fears that another mass crossing could be in the works, how much influence do these networks have, and why are so many young Moroccans listening? We ask Maldita.es editor Álvaro García Hernández. #dwcurrentaffairs
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Returnees recount their journeys
3:40 Why Ceuta became a gateway to Spain
4:25 Social media discussions on new migration routes
6:47 Inside the online networks organizing crossings
7:55 Who is behind the migrant networks?
9:26 Organized crime or self-organized migration?
10:20 Why migrants want to leave Morocco
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