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May 18, 2021 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
What's happening in #Ceuta and why are Moroccans reaching its shores by the thousands? A short thread to explain this for English speakers with the expanded historical context, as information is hard to come by in English. Hint: it's about Western Sahara 1/
First things first: Ceuta is a Spanish territory north of Morocco (see the map below). Morocco has a weird and abusive relationship with Spain, whereby Rabat gets Madrid to do things by openly blackmailing and sabotaging the Spanish. But why is Morocco blackmailing Spain now? 2/