BBC调查揭露了一个在Instagram上运作的网络，数十个账户通过发布虚假内容鼓励摩洛哥人越境进入西班牙飞地休达，并向寻求帮助的移民收取费用[1]。这些账户将危险的海上越境美化为安全简单的路线，尽管许多人在实际尝试中已溺水身亡[1]。
BBC发现的一个Instagram账户要求支付5000迪拉姆（约400英镑）来获取"帮助进入Ceuta的信息"[1]。近40个账户的用户名中包含"Haraga"（阿拉伯语，指摧毁证件的移民）和"Ceuta"这样的字样[1]。这一网络活动被认为助长了上月约78000名移民在数小时内涌入休达的危机事件[1]。根据休达市长的说法，其中100人已身亡[1]。
抵达休达的约78000名移民中，有约75000人被当局遣返摩洛哥[1]，但这些Instagram账户声称大多数人已抵达西班牙或欧洲大陆[1]。Meta表示已采取行动，"实时监控Ceuta局势，删除违反政策的内容，包括提供、协助或寻求人口走私服务的内容"[1]。
A BBC investigation has uncovered a network of dozens of Instagram accounts promoting dangerous and unauthorized border crossings into Ceuta, Spain's North African enclave, while charging migrants for guidance.[1] These accounts, many bearing names that reference "Haraga"—an Arabic term for migrants who destroy their documents—and Ceuta, have attracted people seeking routes into the territory by falsely depicting perilous sea passages as safe and straightforward.[1] According to the Ceuta mayor, approximately 100 of the roughly 78,000 migrants who arrived in the Spanish city within hours last month died in crossing attempts.[1]
The scheme operates through a pay-for-advice model, with one account identified by BBC researchers demanding 5,000 dirhams (approximately 400 British pounds) to provide "information on how to enter Ceuta."[1] Despite official records showing that about 75,000 of the arrivals were subsequently returned to Morocco by authorities, the Instagram network continues to claim that most migrants have successfully reached Spain or continental Europe, fueling further migration attempts.[1] Meta, Instagram's parent company, stated it is "actively monitoring the Ceuta situation, removing content that violates its policies, including material offering, facilitating, or seeking human smuggling services."[1]