{"id":367417,"date":"2026-08-05T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-the-ceuta-migrant-incident-and-did-morocco-instigate-it-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:00:21","slug":"whats-behind-the-ceuta-migrant-incident-and-did-morocco-instigate-it-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-the-ceuta-migrant-incident-and-did-morocco-instigate-it-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s behind the Ceuta migrant incident and did Morocco instigate it? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/ispPnjYIhvQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What's behind the Ceuta migrant incident and did Morocco instigate it? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ispPnjYIhvQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At an emergency meeting of EU home affairs ministers on Tuesday, Spain assured its EU partners that most of the tens of thousands of migrant who arrived in its north African exclave Ceuta last week have returned to Morocco. But what caused the huge movement of so many people across the sea border between the two countries in such a short time period? Carla Hobbs heads the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. She argues that it could not have happened without the complicity of the Maroccan government. <\/p>\n<p>Chapter Breakdown<br \/>\n00:00 European Union backs Spain after last week\u2019s border breach in Ceuta<br \/>\n00:35 Interview Carla Hobbs, European Council on Foreign Relations<br \/>\n01:05 Some evidence suggests that the mass migration was triggered by Morocco<br \/>\n03:02 \u201cSpain has an interest in not escalating things with Morocco\u201d<br \/>\n04:23 EU interior ministers praise Spain\u2019s response: Is this only political damage control?<br \/>\n06:14 Did Madrid create the perception that Spain\u2019s door was open to anyone?<br \/>\n#dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At an emergency meeting of EU home affairs ministers on Tuesday, Spain assured its EU partners that most of the tens of thousands of migrant who arrived in its north African exclave Ceuta last week have returned to Morocco. 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