--- title: "Ceuta Refugee “Invasion” Morocco used migration for political purposes" type: "post" post_id: "14022" slug: "ceuta-refugee-invasion-morocco-used-migration-for-political-purposes" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/08/01/ceuta-refugee-invasion-morocco-used-migration-for-political-purposes/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/08/01/ceuta-refugee-invasion-morocco-used-migration-for-political-purposes.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/08/01/ceuta-refugee-invasion-morocco-used-migration-for-political-purposes.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/08/01/ceuta-refugee-invasion-morocco-used-migration-for-political-purposes.txt" published: "2026-08-01T20:18:46+00:00" modified: "2026-08-01T21:23:48+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Israel" - "Morocco" - "Spain" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **As the EU talks about shutting down the Schengen agreement in an attempt to ostracize Spain.** **Morocco clearly shipped tens of thousands of people to the border crossing- we’ll start with that. Then we’ll talk about the role of Israel. For those who may be unaware Israel’s been a player in North Africa for some time now.** ##### [Experts say Morocco may have triggered Ceuta migrant crisis for political reasons](https://swedenherald.com/article/experts-morocco-may-have-triggered-ceuta-migrant-crisis-for-political-reasons) **The crisis triggered by migrants trying to enter the EU via a Spanish exclave in North Africa may have been created by Morocco as part of a political game.** The guards look away -------------------- Eliasson links the migration chaos, among other things, to the fact that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made a controversial visit to Morocco’s neighbour and archenemy Algeria the other week. “Go to Ceuta” ------------- Dagens Nyheter has spoken to one of the migrants on site in Ceuta who confirms that **many were encouraged to try to cross the border.** > **People came and knocked on our door and shouted “go to Ceuta,” Ayoub Elharous tells [DN](https://www.dn.se/varlden/folk-bankade-pa-dorren-och-ropade-ak-till-ceuta/).** According to Carl Bildt (M), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, it appears tha**t Morocco has controlled the process.** > **There is much to suggest that the Moroccan authorities have transported people to the border and that the Moroccan border guards have removed parts of the border barriers, Bildt tells [Ekot](https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/carl-bildt-migrantkrisen-skapades-medvetet-av-marocko), saying that it may be a mark on the part of Morocco.** > **`Countries use migration pressure for political purposes.`** > Allí en [\#Marruecos](https://x.com/hashtag/Marruecos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)…👇🏻 [pic.twitter.com/3K1B401f2A](https://t.co/3K1B401f2A) > > — Susana Burgos (@burgosusana) [July 30, 2026](https://x.com/burgosusana/status/2082909420967633047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **Hope you can all see the video** > **Moroccan gendarmerie offloading men near the border with Ceuta, Spain. This was all planned by the Moroccan king, Trump and Netanyahu.** ###### [**Let’s read this article from Ynet news, dated April 26/26**](https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bki11ns9tzx) > Analysis: **US-Spain tensions over NATO, Iran create opening for Morocco to press claims on Ceuta and Melilla, with Israel positioned to back Rabat diplomatically within US-led alliance** that increasingly favors cooperative partners over European holdouts > > [The geopolitical earthquake shaking Washington’s relationship with Madrid](https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1avfadj11x) has opened an unexpected window for one of the Arab world’s oldest territorial grievances. **Spain’s refusal to allow the United States access to its Rota and Morón military bases during the Iran campaign, its consistent failure to meet NATO defense spending targets, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s confrontational posture toward the Trump administration have collectively generated something rare in North African affairs: a genuine crack in Spain’s strategic armor over Ceuta and Melilla**`. Into that crack, Morocco's most consequential new partner, Israel, is uniquely positioned to press.` **This is obvious gloating on Israel’s part** > The pieces have been assembling for months. **`In March 2026, Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute, writing through the Middle East Forum, called on the Trump administration to formally recognize Ceuta and Melilla as occupied Moroccan territory, branding Spain "a colonial power running colonies across the Strait of Gibraltar."`** Days later, Representativ**e Mario Díaz-Balart, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security and one of Marco Rubio’s closest congressional confidants, declared publicly that the enclaves “are not in the geographic territory of Spain”** but rather in Moroccan territory, and that their fate should be “established, negotiated, and discussed between friends and allies.” This was not the fringe speaking. **This was the architecture of a coordinated strategic repositioning.** **Ironic, the US being concerned with “a colonial power”** **Michael Rubin and AEI. An Israeli mouthpiece pushing any and every agenda favourable to Israel- Readers here may recall his numerous articles lashing out at Turkey. If not- look at the one re linked below** > [US Should Prepare to Kill Turks in Syria- Regional Remake Progresses](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/12/23/us-should-prepare-to-kill-turks-in-syria-regional-remake-progresses/) > **Spain’s estrangement from Washington has deepened further. An internal Pentagon email, reported by Reuters in April 2026, outlined options including suspending Spain from NATO over its refusal to facilitate U.S. operations against Iran**. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the administration’s contempt for European free-riding explicit, singling out allies who refused to contribute to the Strait of Hormuz campaign. Trump himself had already called Spain “terrible” in March and directed his Treasury Secretary to cut economic dealings with Madrid. Critically, Article 6 of the Washington Treaty explicitly excludes territories in continental Africa from NATO’s collective defense obligations, meaning Ceuta and Melilla stand legally exposed. The alliance umbrella Spain has long relied upon to insulate its colonial holdouts from diplomatic pressure simply does not extend there. > > **The Abraham Accords transformed Morocco from a quiet interlocutor with Israel into a formal military partner. In January 2026, Israel and Morocco signed a joint military work plan for the year during the third meeting of their Joint Military Committee in Tel Aviv, which the IDF described as deepening cooperation with a “key partner for regional stability.” The two countries had already concluded a security cooperation agreement in 2021. This bilateral architecture gives Israel something it has rarely possessed in North African politics: direct strategic stake in Rabat’s regional success.** > > **That stake has an obvious application to Ceuta and Melilla. The Trump administration’s Abrahamic coalition, built around shared opposition to Iran and common economic incentives, has created an operational triangular relationship between Washington, Jerusalem, and Rabat. Israel’s voice in that triangle carries disproportionate weight. When Israeli officials signal alignment with a partner’s strategic interests, that signal registers powerfully in a White House that has placed Abraham Accords expansion at the center of its foreign policy vision. Morocco’s territorial claim over the enclaves is not simply a bilateral dispute with Spain; it is increasingly a litmus test for whether the Trump administration will reward its most cooperative partners over its most obstinate NATO members.** **Spain is being targeted by Israel, the US and the EU is playing it’s role as well.** [**The migrants have largely left- of their own accord-** ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/08/01/spain-pushes-migrants-back-morocco-fallout-deepens-over-mass-border-breach/) > Tens of thousands of migrants were expelled from this tiny Spanish city on the coast of North Africa almost as quickly as they came, and calm returned to the beaches and sidewalks, after a mass breach of the border from Morocco. For Spain, however, **the political fallout and intrigue only deepened Saturday.** [**WSJ**](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/about-pfyt2/) > **Most of the immigrants who had [poured across the border](https://archive.ph/o/mXFgZ/https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/thousands-of-migrants-pour-across-border-into-a-tiny-spanish-territory-0af0d1a3) Thursday and early Friday seemingly left of their own accord, hungry and thirsty after finding no help in the enclave**. **The immigrants had arrived either by swimming around breakwaters or climbing over fences to find shops were shuttered and some inhabitants angry and afraid at being overwhelmed by strangers.** > **Many of those returning were disconsolate, having had no food and little to no water over the past two days, and` feeling misled by social-media posts` that suggested they would find refuge in the enclave** and eventually be allowed to move on to mainland Europe, where several have relatives. ##### Social media posts? Who made those posts? [**EU chief says Ceuta migrants returned to Morocco, calls for stronger border controls**](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/eu-chief-says-ceuta-migrants-returned-to-morocco-calls-for-stronger-border-controls/4015810) > ***“The good news is that the vast majority of those who arrived illegally have returned to Morocco, due to the effective work of Spanish and Moroccan law enforcement. Not a single person reached mainland Spain or the rest of the EU,***” von der Leyen said on the US social media company X. **Israel and the US are definitely targeting Spain.. I have zero doubts about that.**