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Spain’s Canary Islands are facing renewed pressure from migrant arrivals, with local authorities declaring a state of emergency. Against this backdrop, a viral video claims to show thousands of boats in Mauritania amassing at the port, that users said was "ready to set sail" to carry migrants to the archipelago. But the satellite images are misleading: they show a traditional fishing port, not a fleet of migrant vessels. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.
Spain’s Canary Islands are facing renewed pressure from migrant arrivals, with authorities declaring a migrant emergency this week following a sharp increase in crossings. Against this backdrop, a claim has been spreading rapidly on social media warning of an imminent “invasion” of the archipelago by migrants from Mauritania.
At the centre of the claim is a video showing someone examining satellite images on a mobile phone. The images appear to show thousands of boats packed closely together at the port of Nouadhibou, in northwestern Mauritania.
Multiple social media users have presented the footage as “proof”
