{
  "id": 868588,
  "title": "Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/instagram-accounts-fuelling-ceuta-crisis-with-paid-advice-for-help-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:19:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC News",
    "slug": "bbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89n20wj9kko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/instagram-accounts-fuelling-ceuta-crisis-with-paid-advice-for-help-to-876952",
        "published": "2026-08-14T12:19:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Fake accounts and false rumours drive new Ceuta crossing campaign",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/fake-accounts-and-false-rumours-drive-new-ceuta-crossing-campaign",
        "published": "2026-08-14T16:04:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Instagram accounts accused of luring migrants to Ceuta with misleading crossing videos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/instagram-accounts-accused-of-luring-migrants-to-ceuta-with",
        "published": "2026-08-14T17:09:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "Despliegue policial inédito en Ceuta ante el temor a una nueva entrada masiva: claves de la crisis fronteriza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/despliegue-policial-inedito-en-ceuta-ante-el-temor-a-una-nueva",
        "published": "2026-08-15T03:45:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}