Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross
BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.
In a recent development, Instagram users are being paid to provide advice on how to cross from Morocco to Ceuta, a Spanish enclave located on the northern tip of Africa. A Moroccan man in his twenties, going by the name Mohammed, is seeking to migrate to Europe and has come across numerous videos on Instagram that depict the journey as simple and uncomplicated.
In response, various Instagram accounts have offered to assist him with the trip for hundreds of pounds. These accounts have been creating a network of interconnected profiles that fuel the influx of migrants to Ceuta through inspirational content, as well as offering paid assistance for a fee.
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- Instagram accounts accused of luring migrants to Ceuta with misleading crossing videos myjoyonline.com
- Despliegue policial inédito en Ceuta ante el temor a una nueva entrada masiva: claves de la crisis fronteriza elpais.com
- Fake accounts and false rumours drive new Ceuta crossing campaign rfi.fr
- Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross bbc.co.uk
