Ceuta before 15 August. The network heats force on the border again

Zdjęcie: Ceuta przed 15 sierpnia. Sieć znów podgrzewa presję na granicę

Spain and Morocco are strengthening Ceuta's protection against the mass crossing of the border announced on social media on 15 August. After the July crisis, when, according to AP, around 72,000 people entered the enclave and at least 80 people died, the stake is clear: the EU's external border cannot be regulated by the viral.

Border under net Pressure

In Moroccan social media, calls again appeared for a collective effort to enter Ceuta. According to Polsat News, 1 of the influencers was even to offer to deliver the willing bus on condition that his channel was subscribed. This shows how easy the drama of people seeking to leave for Europe becomes a fuel for an online game where clicks, gossip and force on border services mix into 1 dangerous whole.

By Associated Press Morocco reinforced safety at Ceuta and Melilla after fresh online calls. The Spanish Guardia civilian has given a message that the border with Spain is not open and will not be open, and those who pass through the barriers will be turned around. That's the language of a country that understands that border is not a suggestion.

Lesson from the July Crisis

Ceuta is not just a point on the map. Together with Melilla, it is the only land border between the European Union and Africa. Therefore, any massive effort to cross this border is simply a test not only for Madrid but besides for Europe as a whole. For Poland, the conclusion is obvious: migration force does not end where the sea or another continent begins. If erstwhile it is considered that boundaries can be bypassed by crowds and misinformation, the mechanics will return to the next place.

AP reported that in late July around 72,000 people got into Ceuta, and at least 80 died during a crossing attempt. These are numbers that are not to be treated as statistic from a distant country. There are human tragedies in them, but there is besides a brutal fact about a migration policy based on illusions. The false promise of an easy entry into Europe can cost lives, and the country, which sends obscure signals, itself builds the hazard of chaos.

We've already written about the tension around the border. About how Ceuta was getting ready for another mass crossing.. Today's reports are not a single alarm, but a further series of crisis in which social media act as a megaphone for gossip, half-truths and logistics instructions.

Court, gossip and the hope industry

CBS News indicated that Spanish services monitored entries suggesting another mobilization for August 15, and any of the content was to circulate in public Facebook groups. The same material is recalled by the Spanish Ombudsman, according to which the manipulation of the ultimate Court ruling on procedures for persons arriving in Ceuta and Melilla contributed to the crisis.

It's an crucial detail. The law, if it is imprecise or communicated softly, is immediately processed by a network of smugglers, activists and online intermediaries to the slogan: the road is open. And then the price is paid by circumstantial people and citizens of border cities. Migration crisis in Ceuta showed that the state, without a clear procedure, becomes a hostage to its own exceptions.

Meta, Facebook's owner, reported to CBS News that it monitors the situation in real time and removes content that violates the rules, including about facilitating human smuggling. It's necessary, but it's late to treat the symptoms. Platforms have grown on emotions and scope for years. Today, states must clean up after viral calls that can decision thousands of people to the real border.

Europe must regain the word "border"

Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles, as quoted by the AP, said in Ceuta that aggression against Ceuta or Melilla is aggression against Spain as a whole. That conviction should be broader. If Ceuta and Melilla are the border of a associate State, they are the border of the Union. For years Brussels has enjoyed teaching national states about solidarity. actual solidarity, however, starts with the protection of the border, not with moralisation after the fact.

Poland knows this mechanics from its own experience on the border with Belarus. First comes the force of people pushed across the border by false promises. Then goes the emotional run against the service. Finally, the state is to choose between the safety of its own citizens and chaos dressed in the language of humanitarianism. Therefore, EU border protection after the Ceuta crisis It's not abstract. This is simply a question of the real origin of Europe.

Rate for Poland

For Poles, the substance of Ceuta is practical. The question is whether Europe will be a community of countries capable of guarding their borders or a region of soft procedures that others can exploit. Sovereignty does not end with an anthem and a flag. It starts where you can say: here is the law, not the crowd force or the algorithm.

Responsible migration policy must combine human dignity with tough border control. Those who promise a paradise without procedures are putting migrants and Europeans at hazard of destabilisation. Who says clearly that the border is closed to illegal crossings, does not take humanity from anyone. He defends order without which there is no freedom, safety or state.

Source: Polsat News, Associated Press, CBS News.

Source: Polsat News