2026年7月晚期，数万名移民集中尝试从摩洛哥进入西班牙北非飞地休达，引发严重人道主义危机[1]。当局称数十人在越境过程中溺水或在拥挤事件中丧生[1]。
这场危机的触发与关于西班牙移民政策的虚假社交媒体信息广泛传播密切相关。西班牙最高法院的一份裁决规定，海路入境且未跨越边境栏杆的移民不适用快速驱逐程序，但在社交媒体上被广泛误读为禁止所有海路移民的遣返[1]。
欧洲移民治理专家洛伦佐·皮科利指出，这一规模的人口流动极不寻常。在2015年和2016年欧洲移民危机期间，即使有高达100万人抵达欧洲，"我们也从未看到一天有超过5000或6000人。这里我们谈论的是一天50000到60000人"[1]。皮科利进一步表示，"仅靠在线声明很难在短时间内引发如此大规模的运动。在没有某种协调或当局允许的情况下，很难看到这会如何发生"[1]。
西班牙总理佩德罗·桑切斯于7月31日指责有组织网络散布关于最高法院裁决的虚假信息，并批评摩洛哥当局未能阻止大量人员抵达边境[1]。摩洛哥当局随后否认故意允许越境，称社交媒体虚假信息导致了大规模运动[1]。
A massive surge in migration attempts from Morocco to the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta in July 2026 resulted in a severe humanitarian catastrophe, with dozens of people dying during the crossing chaos.[1] The crisis prompted investigations into whether false information circulating on social media about Spanish court rulings may have precipitated the extraordinary influx.
At the center of the controversy was a Spanish Supreme Court decision that restricted the application of expedited deportation procedures to migrants who entered by sea without crossing physical border barriers.[1] However, this nuanced ruling became widely misrepresented online as an outright ban on the deportation of all sea-route migrants, potentially encouraging tens of thousands to attempt the crossing.[1] Between 50,000 and 60,000 people attempted to enter Ceuta in a single day during the crisis—a figure far exceeding historical precedent.[1] By comparison, European migration governance expert Lorenzo Piccoli noted that even during the 2015-2016 migration peaks, when up to one million people arrived in Europe, daily arrivals never exceeded 5,000 to 6,000 individuals.[1]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attributed the crisis to organized networks deliberately spreading false claims about the court's decision on July 31, while also criticizing Morocco for failing to prevent large crowds from reaching the border.[1] Morocco's authorities rejected accusations of deliberate complicity, instead attributing the mass movement to the social media disinformation campaign.[1] Piccoli cautioned that mobilizing such unprecedented numbers in such a short timeframe would be difficult to achieve through online claims alone without some form of coordination or official tolerance.[1]