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Spanish PM Sanchez says Israel and Russia spread disinformation on Ceuta migrant crisis

Cover image: Migrants who crossed from Morocco into Spain return to a beach after being expelled from the area the previous day, as Spanish police escort them in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Friday, August 21, 2026. © Antonio Sempere, AP

Centre-left Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday alleged that social networks linked to Israel and Russia had spread disinformation about the July migrant crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. He said the alleged smear campaign, which he maintained had also been magnified by far-right networks, had been driven in part by Madrid's opposition to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Russia and ​Israel both ​spread and amplified disinformation related to the mass entry ​of migrants ‌into ⁠Spain's North African exclave ‌of Ceuta last month, Prime ⁠Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, ​citing research ‌by the European Union's foreign policy body, the European External Action Service (EEAS).

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