The Ceuta crisis causes the biggest xenophobic and racist peak on social media in a year
Casi 17.000 mensajes de odio detectados en tres días convierten la emergencia ceutí en el segundo episodio más virulento tras los disturbios de Torre Pacheco
The crisis in Ceuta has led to a significant increase in expressions of hatred against immigrants on social media. According to the Government's Observatory for Racism and Xenophobia (Oberaxe), 78,476 hate messages were detected in the first 25 days of the crisis, which started on July 30. This represents an average of 3,139 messages per day, a notable increase from the daily average of 1,294 messages in the first seven months of the year.
The surge is also higher than the daily average of 1,838 messages recorded from April 2025 to July 2026.
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