The Migrants Who Know the Rules, and Evade Them

A Spanish supreme court ruling requiring a complex deportation process for migrants who bypass physical barriers led to a coordinated attempt by around 50,000 people to swim into Ceuta, resulting in at least 57 deaths. Migrants used social media to plan the journey, avoiding barriers to exploit legal loopholes, with contributing factors including human trafficking, Moroccan involvement, and socioeconomic issues like high youth unemployment in Morocco.