Anonymous calls circulating on social media have once again begun promoting a mass crossing into the occupied city of Ceuta, with users widely sharing posts and messages over the past few hours urging people to attempt the journey on the night of August 15.
Posts and messages circulating across several digital platforms encourage prospective migrants to join closed WhatsAppgroups to exchange information and coordinate with others seeking to undertake the irregular migration attempt. Some of the content explicitly urges participation in the planned crossing, accompanied by hashtags related to migration to Spain and employment opportunities there.
The renewed online campaign comes as Moroccan authorities continue to insist that the recent migration crisis at the crossings to Ceuta and Melilla was neither spontaneous nor driven by isolated circumstances.
Official sources have previously attributed the events to a combination of factors, including the malicious exploitation of digital platforms, the spread of misinformation, the activities of human trafficking networks, and misleading interpretations of legal and administrative developments that falsely convinced some would-be migrants they could enter Europe easily and without legal consequences.
This is not the first time similar online campaigns have emerged. In September 2024, social media platforms were flooded with calls for mass crossings into Ceuta on September 15 and 30, prompting widespread debate over the growing role of digital platforms in recruiting and coordinating irregular migration attempts.
Similar calls resurfaced in August 2025, when online posts urged another mass crossing on August 15. Moroccan authorities responded by raising the security alert level along the border areas surrounding Ceuta, reinforcing surveillance and implementing preventive measures to thwart any large-scale crossing attempts.
The recurrence of such campaigns in 2024, 2025, and now 2026 highlights the increasingly important role digital platforms play in spreading messages encouraging irregular migration, whether through public pages or private groups. Moroccan authorities continue to warn that promoting or inciting irregular migration through such platforms is a criminal offense that may result in legal prosecution.
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