{"id":367237,"date":"2026-08-04T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-to-blame-for-the-chaos-on-spains-border-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:00:20","slug":"who-is-to-blame-for-the-chaos-on-spains-border-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-to-blame-for-the-chaos-on-spains-border-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain\u2019s border? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UUnxNtqR3kg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain\u2019s border? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UUnxNtqR3kg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Why did tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco suddenly attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by sea last week?<\/p>\n<p>In the days since the sudden border crisis left at least 72 people dead, a variety of theories have circulated.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration blamed the incident on \u201cradical left-wing globalist policies\u201d, and many European leaders condemned what they say is Spain\u2019s lax immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez denied those claims and blamed trafficking gangs. Others have blamed Morocco, and accused it of \u2018weaponising\u2019 migrants for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>We speak to the BBC\u2019s Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, to find out how and why the Ceuta crisis happened.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Ceuta #Migration #Trump #Spain<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Who&#8217;s to blame for the chaos on Spain&#8217;s border?<br \/>\n1:17 What actually happened in Ceuta?<br \/>\n3:20 Why did so many people cross at once?<br \/>\n5:06 Why have most migrants already returned?<br \/>\n6:47 Was this planned by Morocco?<br \/>\n8:20 How social media fuelled misinformation<br \/>\n10:05 Is Spain becoming softer on migration?<br \/>\n12:10 How divided is Europe on immigration?<br \/>\n14:15 Was Morocco using migration as political pressure?<br \/>\n15:55 Why has the crisis become so political?<br \/>\n19:00 Is Spain really facing a migration surge?<br \/>\n21:02 How Donald Trump got involved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco suddenly attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by sea last week? In the days since the sudden border crisis left at least 72 people dead, a variety of theories have circulated. The Trump administration blamed the incident on \u201cradical left-wing globalist policies\u201d, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":367238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-367237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain\u2019s border? | BBC News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain\u2019s border? | BBC News for free, here on News ISC. 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