Explained: Why Morocco is accused of allowing migrants into Spain’s Ceuta

Witnesses and experts have suggested to AFP that an easing of controls by Morocco in the border area of Ceuta contributed to the recent mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave.
If so, what interests could Rabat have been trying to advance?
Here is what we know:
– Did Morocco deliberately ease controls? –
According to witnesses interviewed by AFP, thousands of people who flocked to the border town of Fnideq were not stopped by blockades.
“There were ordinary gendarmerie checkpoints on the roads, but not an exceptional deployment,” a source close to the removal operations told AFP.
North Africa analyst Pierre Vermeren said Morocco’s police were “very effective, very org...