Morocco using migration to pressure Spain over Ceuta: Stephen Zunes

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Stephen Zunes, professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, argued Morocco helped facilitate the mass influx of migrants into Ceuta in what he described as a "setup" to increase pressure on Spain. He said Morocco has previously used migration as a form of "extortion" to secure political and economic concessions, while right-wing parties across Europe have exploited the crisis to fuel anti-immigrant sentiment. Zunes noted that Ceuta is outside continental Europe and the Schengen area, meaning the migrants have not entered mainland Spain. He also li…

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