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ABC says 80,000 and "la invasión"; El País says "unos 70.000" and puts the word in Feijóo's mouth

Five weeks after the July crossing into Ceuta, the reports we hold disagree on how many people came, what to call it, and how many are still there. A judge, a port full of tents and two sets of border checks now rest on those answers.

Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta
Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta as published by ABC · seen at ABC
Europe Spain Morocco Italy

The number. Five of the ten reports we hold give a figure for the crossing on 30 and 31 July. Four say around or more than 70,000. ABC says 80,000. None of the five says where its number came from.

The word.

Outlet How many crossed The word it uses Whose word
ABC 80,000 "la invasión a Ceuta" its own, in the headline
El País "unos 70.000" "invasión" Feijóo's, in quotation marks
Observador more than 70,000 "entraram ilegalmente" Sánchez's "ataque" marked as his
Le Monde more than 70,000 "a flood of teenagers" a "so-called" invasion, called a far-right narrative
FAZ tens of thousands "Sturm" its own; "Invasion" only in quotation marks

Who acted. Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Juan Jesús Vivas told a Madrid audience on Monday that Morocco moved to extract "algún tipo de cesión"; Feijóo did not say which. A National High Court judge, taking the case the same day, quotes a police report on the "permissiveness" and "active guiding" of Moroccan officers. Le Monde reports Pedro Sánchez rejecting the idea of a Moroccan operation on 3 September for want of evidence.

Not settled. How many remain. Vivas says 10,000; the interior minister said about 5,000 on 13 August; ABC says several thousand and 1,612 registered children. No report says what the others count. And the dead: one report of ten gives a toll — Le Monde's "around a hundred" — and none names anybody who died.

What this is about. On 30 and 31 July more than 70,000 people, most of them Moroccan, crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, a Spanish city in North Africa. Spain, its neighbours and the EU still disagree on why it happened and what to do next.

How it got here

  • Ceuta sits on the African shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. Portugal ceded it to Spain in 1668. Morocco has never recognised Spanish rule over Ceuta or over Melilla, the other Spanish city on that coast. The two cities are the EU's only land borders in Africa.
  • Ceuta is in the EU and in the Schengen area. Even so, people arriving from Morocco are checked again before they can sail to mainland Spain.
  • A similar crossing happened in May 2021. It came after Spain let the leader of the Polisario Front, which disputes Western Sahara with Morocco, into a Spanish hospital. Madrid said Rabat had relaxed its border guard. The two countries made up in 2022, when Pedro Sánchez backed Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara.
  • The EU agreed its Pact on Migration and Asylum in 2024. It began to apply in June 2026.

The actors

  • Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist prime minister since 2018. His government runs the border and asylum. Observador reports that he blamed trafficking networks for twisting a court ruling on returns.
  • Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who leads the PP, the main opposition party, and Juan Jesús Vivas, the PP president of Ceuta since 2001. Both blame Morocco. The reports we hold do not carry Morocco's own account.
  • The National High Court, the Spanish court that hears crimes against the state.
  • Italy. Giorgia Meloni's government brought back checks on travellers from Spain on 1 August, FAZ reports. Spain answered with checks of its own. Schengen allows such checks only as a temporary measure.
  • The European Commission. Magnus Brunner, the commissioner for internal affairs and migration, is reviewing whether Italy's checks are proportionate.

What is at stake

  • Spain's relations with Morocco.
  • Free movement between two Schengen states.
  • An early test of the new asylum pact. Hungary has already cited Ceuta as its reason to extend its own border measures.
  • Spanish politics before a general election due by 2027.

Where it stands. Thousands of people remain in Ceuta, but the reports disagree on how many. Madrid has taken over part of the port to put up tents. Italy and Spain had both extended their checks into late September when we last read them. What caused the crossing is still disputed.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • The figure for the 30 and 31 July crossing: 70,000 or 80,000, and where neither number comes from
  • Whether Morocco engineered the crossing, and who says so
  • How many people are still in Ceuta, and how many of them are children
  • What Italy's checks on travellers from Spain have actually caught
One crossing, five figures and five wordsSide by side
OutletHow many crossed, 30–31 JulyWhat it calls the crossingHedged?
ABC80,000 — "la entrada irregular de 80.000 migrantes""la invasión a Ceuta", in the headline; "combatir la invasión" in a news sentenceNo — figure stated flat with no source; the word is the outlet's own, nobody named as saying it
El País"unos 70.000"; elsewhere "más de 70.000 personas""entrada masiva"; "invasión" only inside quotation marksYes — the word is attributed to Feijóo and to PP regional leaders
Observador"Mais de 70 mil pessoas""entraram ilegalmente"; "ataque" attributed to SánchezYes — the charge against foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view
Le Monde"more than 70,000 people, mostly Moroccans""a flood of teenagers"; a "so-called migratory 'invasion'"Yes — the word is presented as a narrative the far right exploits
Frankfurter Allgemeine"Sturm Zehntausender Migranten" — no total given"Sturm" in its own voice; "Invasion" in quotation marksPartly — the storm image is the outlet's; the invasion word is marked
Quotes are from the reports themselves. This counts what each report published; it is not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Marlaska viaja a Ceuta por tercera y se reunirá con el presidente Vivas esta semana | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent Espanha controla porto de Ceuta para alojar migrantes – Observador Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Observador → What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent 'The use of migration as a geopolitical weapon challenges democracies to combine a clear-eyed view of the world with humanitarian vigilance' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Monde → What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Was Meloni sich von den Kontrollen im Reiseverkehr mit Spanien erhofft | FAZ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Malestar entre los guardias civiles destinados en Frontex por no acudir a la invasión de Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Italy's checks on travel from Spain: what August caughtChart
Italy's interior ministry figures for August, as published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine. It reports that none of the eight is likely to have come from the enclave, because Spain is letting no one leave it for the mainland.
Sources Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Was Meloni sich von den Kontrollen im Reiseverkehr mit Spanien erhofft | FAZ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Five weeks, four capitalsTimeline
  1. 2026-07-30— no time published People crossing from Morocco Cross into Ceuta over two days 70,000 (El País, Observador, Le Monde); 80,000 (ABC)Le Monde puts the cost at around a hundred deaths. No report we hold names any of them.
  2. 2026-07-31— no time published Pedro Sánchez In Ceuta, calls it "un ataque, una violación de la integridad territorial de España" —Quoted back by the National High Court judge, in El País.
  3. 2026-08-01— no time published Italy's government Starts spot checks on travellers arriving from Spain —Reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine.
  4. 2026-08-13— no time published Interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gives counts at a press conference in Ceuta more than 1,800 children identified; about 5,000 people still in the cityEl País. Vivas gives 10,000 three weeks later.
  5. 2026-09-03— no time published Pedro Sánchez Dismisses the idea of a Moroccan operation to pressure Madrid, for lack of evidence —Le Monde.
  6. 2026-09-05— no time published Transport minister Óscar Puente Signs a decree taking part of Ceuta port for tents 16,000 m² for more than 1,000 peopleObservador. The port authority board had voted against it the day before.
  7. 2026-09-05— no time published Hungarian prime minister Péter Magyar Cites Ceuta to extend "crisis" migration rules to 31 December —Euractiv.
  8. 2026-09-06— no time published Italy and Spain Both extend their checks on each other's travellers Italy to 15 September; Spain to 22 SeptemberFrankfurter Allgemeine.
  9. 2026-09-0712:33 published time, El País Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Juan Jesús Vivas Accuse Morocco of a manoeuvre to extract "algún tipo de cesión" Vivas: 10,000 still in Ceuta; 1,800 children in care, 1,500 on the streetFeijóo did not say what concession he meant.
  10. 2026-09-0714:45 published time, El País Judge María Tardón National High Court takes over the investigation —Cites a police report on the "permisividad" and "guiado activo" of Moroccan officers.
  11. 2026-09-08— no time published Juan Jesús Vivas Due in Brussels to see Commissioners Magnus Brunner and Dubravka Šuica —ABC. Scheduled, not yet held.
Dates as given in the reports. Where no time was published, the row says so.
Sources El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent La Audiencia Nacional asume la investigación sobre la entrada masiva de migrantes a Ceuta por “atacar gravemente la integralidad territorial de España” | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Marlaska viaja a Ceuta por tercera y se reunirá con el presidente Vivas esta semana | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent Espanha controla porto de Ceuta para alojar migrantes – Observador Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Observador → What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Was Meloni sich von den Kontrollen im Reiseverkehr mit Spanien erhofft | FAZ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent 'The use of migration as a geopolitical weapon challenges democracies to combine a clear-eyed view of the world with humanitarian vigilance' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Monde → What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
Centre estimate · not a score
Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent Hungary stands by controversial migration rules despite EU pressure Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Euractiv → What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One crossing, four words for it

Two reports call the July crossing an invasion in their own voice, with no source and no quote marks. Two others use the same word but put it in a politician's mouth. The rest write mass entry, illegal crossing or storm.

2 reports calling it an invasion in their own voice 2 reports that attribute the word to a politician 10 reports we hold on this event

The number, and the dead

Four reports put the crossing at about 70,000 people; one puts it at 80,000, with no source for the higher figure. One report of ten carries a death toll, and it is approximate. No report we hold names a single person who died.

4 reports saying about seventy thousand 1 reports saying eighty thousand 1 reports carrying a death toll 0 dead named in any report we hold
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Marlaska viaja a Ceuta por tercera y se reunirá con el presidente Vivas esta semana | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent Espanha controla porto de Ceuta para alojar migrantes – Observador Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Observador → What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Salvador Illa: “Ayudaremos en la acogida de los menores de Ceuta, pero sin ingenuidades” | Noticias de Cataluña | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Malestar entre los guardias civiles destinados en Frontex por no acudir a la invasión de Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent La Audiencia Nacional asume la investigación sobre la entrada masiva de migrantes a Ceuta por “atacar gravemente la integralidad territorial de España” | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent 'The use of migration as a geopolitical weapon challenges democracies to combine a clear-eyed view of the world with humanitarian vigilance' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Monde → What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Was Meloni sich von den Kontrollen im Reiseverkehr mit Spanien erhofft | FAZ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
Centre estimate · not a score
Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent Hungary stands by controversial migration rules despite EU pressure Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Euractiv → What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed About 70,000 people crossed irregularly into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July.
El País puts it at "unos 70.000" and "más de 70.000", and Observador and Le Monde also say more than 70,000, while ABC gives 80,000 for the same two days. No report we hold explains what separates the two figures.
Checked against 5 sources:
El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Marlaska viaja a Ceuta por tercera y se reunirá con el presidente Vivas esta semana | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent Espanha controla porto de Ceuta para alojar migrantes – Observador Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Observador → What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent 'The use of migration as a geopolitical weapon challenges democracies to combine a clear-eyed view of the world with humanitarian vigilance' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Monde → What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Morocco engineered the mass crossing to extract a concession from Spain.
El País reports the People's Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Ceuta's president Juan Jesús Vivas asserting it, and a National High Court judge citing a police report on the "permissiveness" and "active guiding" of Moroccan officers; Le Monde reports that Pedro Sánchez dismissed the idea of a Moroccan operation on 3 September for lack of evidence. Feijóo did not say what concession he meant.
Checked against 3 sources:
El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent La Audiencia Nacional asume la investigación sobre la entrada masiva de migrantes a Ceuta por “atacar gravemente la integralidad territorial de España” | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
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Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent 'The use of migration as a geopolitical weapon challenges democracies to combine a clear-eyed view of the world with humanitarian vigilance' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Monde → What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Around 10,000 of those who crossed are still in Ceuta.
Vivas gave 10,000 in El País; the same paper reports the interior minister saying about 5,000 on 13 August, Observador says "at least 5,000" and ABC says "several thousand", including 1,612 registered minors. The reports date their counts differently and none says what the others count.
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El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Marlaska viaja a Ceuta por tercera y se reunirá con el presidente Vivas esta semana | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent Espanha controla porto de Ceuta para alojar migrantes – Observador Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Observador → What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC
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ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

I Irene Dorta El País
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed
From 5 reports we hold under this byline, at El País. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
B Bernat Coll El País
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at El País. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J J. J. Gálvez El País
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed
From 5 reports we hold under this byline, at El País. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
E Elsa García de Blas El País
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth×1
Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 disputed
From 4 reports we hold under this byline, at El País. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
B Borja Méndez ABC
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Word for the event invasion, in the report's own voice, unattributed and unmarked×1
From 2 reports we hold under this byline, at ABC. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Matthias Rüb Frankfurter Allgemeine
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How the hurt are counted the only statement about human harm in any report held, and it is hedged to Rome×1
Measure chosen headlines the catch rate against the traveller total, which shrinks the finding×1
Measure chosen tests the stated reason for the border checks against the checks' own count×1
Stated flat Iranian backing is asserted as a standing fact, not attributed to anyone×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified
From 30 reports we hold under this byline, at Frankfurter Allgemeine. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
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Euractiv
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Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent Hungary stands by controversial migration rules despite EU pressure Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Euractiv → What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Hungary's prime minister Péter Magyar cites Ceuta to extend "crisis" migration rules to 31 December, and says he wants the €1bn in accrued court fines back through the EU budget.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Saturday that his government would extend “crisis” migration measures despite an ongoing dispute with Brussels over the policy. The country’s policy against “mass migration” dates back to the EU’s 2015 migration wave, and strict controls have been renewed every six months since then. They provided the legal basis for a range of border-control measures, such as pushing back asylum seekers at Hungary’s borders and forcing them to seek protection at embassies in neighbouring Serbia or Ukraine. The scheme, which was due to expire on Monday, has been ex
Read it at Euractiv → https://www.euractiv.com/news/hungary-stands-by-controversial-migration…
El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Marlaska viaja a Ceuta por tercera y se reunirá con el presidente Vivas esta semana | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The interior minister's own counts from 13 August — more than 1,800 children identified, about 5,000 people still in the city — plus 714 Guardia Civil and 945 police now deployed, and a cabinet declassification of the
El ministro del Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, viajará este jueves por tercera vez a Ceuta desde que comenzó la crisis migratoria el pasado 30 y 31 de julio, cuando entraron más de 70.000 personas procedentes de Marruecos. El ministro se reunirá con el presidente ceutí, Juan José Vivas, con quien este fin de semana han surgido roces con el Gobierno a cuenta de su negativa a habilitar el puerto como espacio para acoger a migrantes. El responsable de Interior acudirá a la ciudad autónoma dos días después de que esté prevista la desclasificación por parte del Consejo de Ministros de los info
Figure chosen: more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned — “cuando entraron más de 70.000 personas procedentes de Marruecos”
Read it at El País → https://elpais.com/espana/2026-09-06/marlaska-viaja-a-ceuta-por-tercera…
Observador
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent Espanha controla porto de Ceuta para alojar migrantes – Observador Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Observador → What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The port decree in detail: 16,000 square metres of public port land for tents for more than a thousand people, signed after the port authority board voted against it; and Sánchez naming Israel and Russia in the spread
Decreto permite a instalação de tendas numa superfície de 16 mil metros quadrados de área pública portuária, para alojar temporariamente mais de mil migrantes. O Governo espanhol aprovou este sábado um decreto para tomar o controlo do porto de Ceuta e autorizar a instalação de tendas para alojar temporariamente mais de mil migrantes na zona do molhe de Poniente. O decreto, assinado pelo ministro dos Transportes e Mobilidade Sustentável, Óscar Puente, permite a instalação de tendas numa superfície de 16 mil metros quadrados de área pública portuária, segundo explicaram à agência EFE fontes gove
Asserted or attributed: the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's — “Sánchez considerou que Espanha e a Europa foram alvo de um ataque que usou a imigração e teve também o envolvimento de Israel e Rússia”
Read it at Observador → https://observador.pt/2026/09/05/governo-espanhol-controla-porto-de-ceu…
El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Salvador Illa: “Ayudaremos en la acogida de los menores de Ceuta, pero sin ingenuidades” | Noticias de Cataluña | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Catalonia's president Salvador Illa offers to take some of the children "sin ingenuidades" — the only report we hold in which a region offers to take anyone.
BARCELONA, 25/08/2026.- El presidente de la Generalitat de Cataluña, Salvador Illa, preside la reunión del Consell Executiu del Govern que retoma sus reuniones semanales tras el parón estival con asuntos que colean desde antes de las vacaciones, como la huelga de profesores el primer día de curso o el traspaso de la R1, y las críticas a la gestión de las lluvias torrenciales del fin de semana. EFE/Quique García Quique García (EFE) Salvador Illa ha defendido este lunes que Cataluña participe en la respuesta a la crisis de Ceuta y en la acogida de menores migrantes, aunque ha advertido de que lo
Read it at El País → https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2026-09-07/salvador-illa-ayudaremos…
El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent La Audiencia Nacional asume la investigación sobre la entrada masiva de migrantes a Ceuta por “atacar gravemente la integralidad territorial de España” | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The judge's grounds, in her words: crimes against the peace or independence of the state, against the rights of foreign citizens, negligent homicide and criminal organisation — and the beach at Fnideq as the place the
La magistrada María Tardón, instructora de la Audiencia Nacional, ha comunicado este lunes que asume la investigación sobre la entrada masiva irregular de migrantes a Ceuta los pasados 30 y 31 de julio. La jueza, que cuenta con el respaldo de la Fiscalía para dar este paso, explica que aprecia indicios de delitos que comprometen la paz o independencia del Estado y contra los derechos de los ciudadanos extranjeros, en conexión con los de homicidio imprudente, así como de organización criminal. “Nos hallamos ante una conducta delictiva presuntamente cometida en el extranjero que ha atacado grave
Read it at El País → https://elpais.com/espana/2026-09-07/la-audiencia-nacional-asume-la-inv…
Le Monde
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Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent 'The use of migration as a geopolitical weapon challenges democracies to combine a clear-eyed view of the world with humanitarian vigilance' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Le Monde → What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only death toll we hold — around a hundred — and Sánchez's 3 September rejection of the Moroccan-operation theory; it also says nobody who left Ceuta reached mainland Europe.
The holder of your subscription has paused their plan for one month, until #suspension_date#. You no longer have access to their benefits. Your subscription has been paused for one month, until #suspension_date#. If you’d like to resume it earlier, please contact our customer service team. The far right, now on the cusp of power in France, could not have hoped for a better prelude to the 2027 presidential election campaign: a flood of teenagers crossing the border between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on July 30 and 31, making victory gestures. This was a perfect sequence to stoke f
Anyone hurt named or counted: the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name — “more than 70,000 people, mostly Moroccans, to cross the border illegally at the cost of around a hundred deaths”
Anyone hurt named or counted: the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named — “at the cost of around a hundred deaths”
Read it at Le Monde → https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/09/07/the-use-of-migrati…
El País
Centre-left estimate · not a score
El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Feijóo y Vivas acusan a Marruecos de lanzar un ataque sobre Ceuta para conseguir “algún tipo de cesión” de España | España | EL PAÍS Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at El País → What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Feijóo says the manoeuvre was meant to extract "algún tipo de cesión" from Spain and does not say which; Vivas puts 10,000 people still in the city, 1,800 children in care and 1,500 on the street, and rules out moving
El Partido Popular en pleno ha arropado este lunes al presidente de Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, que se ha presentado en Madrid para dar la voz de alarma sobre la situación de la ciudad autónoma un mes después de la entrada masiva de unos 70.000 inmigrantes. “Ceuta es una olla a presión que en cualquier momento puede estallar”, ha alertado Vivas en un desayuno informativo en la capital al que ha asistido toda la cúpula nacional del PP, cargos europeos, exministros y hasta siete presidentes autonómicos populares. El líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, y el mandatario ceutí han acusado a Marruecos d
Word for the event, attributed: same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation — “han acusado a Marruecos de haber intentado una maniobra con la “invasión” de Ceuta”
Word for the event: invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth — “han acusado a Marruecos de haber intentado una maniobra con la “invasión” de Ceuta”
Read it at El País → https://elpais.com/espana/2026-09-07/feijoo-y-vivas-acusan-a-marruecos-…
ABC
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ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Malestar entre los guardias civiles destinados en Frontex por no acudir a la invasión de Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Guardia Civil crews complain their ocean-going ship is on a Frontex operation in the Channel rather than at Ceuta; Spain has asked for Frontex, Europol and EU asylum agency support and for Operation Minerva to run past
Los guardias civiles desplegados en una operación de Frontex en el Canal de la Mancha están molestos porque Europa no da el paso de permitir que su buque pueda desplazarse a Ceuta para combatir la invasión, según informan fuentes del Instituto Armado a ABC. ... El Ministerio del Interior reclamó hace semanas que la agencia europea permitiera a esta nave abandonar la misión y volver a aguas españolas. Una orden que de momento no se ha dado y esperan impacientes su resolución. Para entender esta situación hay que remontarse a los primeros momentos del 30 y 31 de julio con el inicio de la invasió
Word for the event: invasion, in the report's own voice, unattributed and unmarked — “para combatir la invasión”
Read it at ABC → https://www.abc.es/espana/malestar-guardias-civiles-desplegados-frontex…
ABC
Centre-right estimate · not a score
ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at ABC → What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report we hold that says 80,000, and the only one that calls it an invasion in its own headline; it also carries the Brussels diary — Commissioners Magnus Brunner and Dubravka Šuica see Vivas on 8 September
El comisario de Interior y Migración, Magnus Brunner, recibirá el próximo martes, 8 de septiembre, al presidente de Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, para analizar la crisis en la ciudad autónoma desde la entrada irregular de 80.000 migrantes los pasados 30 y 31 de julio. Aunque la agenda oficial de la Comisión Europea recoge únicamente esta cita, la comisaria para el Mediterráneo, Dubravka Suica, también ha confirmado en declaraciones a la prensa desde Irlanda que se verá con Vivas ese mismo día para escuchar de primera mano la situación «y ver cómo podemos ayudar». Fuentes comunitarias consultadas po
Word for the event, outlet's own voice: calls the crossing an invasion in its own headline, with no speaker attached — “Vivas viajará a Bruselas para reunirse con comisarios europeos y detallarles la invasión a Ceuta”
Figure chosen: 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number — “la entrada irregular de 80.000 migrantes los pasados 30 y 31 de julio”
Figure chosen: 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 — “la entrada irregular de 80.000 migrantes los pasados 30 y 31 de julio”
Read it at ABC → https://www.abc.es/espana/vivas-viajara-bruselas-reunirse-comisarios-eu…
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Was Meloni sich von den Kontrollen im Reiseverkehr mit Spanien erhofft | FAZ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The arithmetic of Italy's checks: about 180,000 travellers from Spain checked on arrival in August, 31 refused entry, eight Moroccans without a Schengen visa and, on what is known, not one migrant from the enclave
Seit dem Ansturm auf Ceuta kontrolliert Italien den Reiseverkehr mit Spanien. Und will damit weitermachen – obwohl bisher kein Migrant aus der Exklave erfasst wurde. Warum? Die Gefahr durch Migranten sei noch nicht gebannt, sagt der italienische Innenminister Matteo Piantedosi. Außenminister Antonio Tajani sieht das ebenso, weshalb die Regierung in Rom, im Interesse der nationalen Sicherheit, die stichprobenartigen Personenkontrollen im Reiseverkehr mit Spanien verlängert hat, zunächst bis zum 15. September. Verfügt hatte Italien die temporäre Maßnahme am 1. August, unmittelbar nach dem Sturm
Measure chosen: headlines the catch rate against the traveller total, which shrinks the finding — “Acht illegale Marokkaner unter 500.000 Reisenden”
Measure chosen: tests the stated reason for the border checks against the checks' own count — “Es wurden auch acht Marokkaner ohne Schengenvisum ertappt, aber keiner von ihnen dürfte seit Anfang August aus Ceuta gekommen sein”
Read it at Frankfurter Allgemeine → https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/was-meloni-sich-von-den-kon…
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D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Público
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt The only report carrying casualties gives a count and no names ×1Asserted or attributed the Saudi account arrives as a confirmation, not a claim ×1Casualties stated flat, unnamed the same two deaths are stated without source and without who killed them ×1Flat context The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source ×1 from 3295 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
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Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El Mundo
Centre-right estimate · not a score
El Mundo 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The dispute is between named Spanish officials over who was warned. There is no figure of Moroccan personnel. ×1Actor named The dispute is between named officials, and the report carries no figure. ×1Asserted, not attributed defiance of a named president is stated flat as what the meeting was ×1Asserted not attributed States Moscow's own reason, retaliation, as fact ×1 from 4700 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Corriere della Sera
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Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Brussels Signal
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Brussels Signal 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed cause and effect on services asserted in the reporter's voice, no figure attached ×1Asserted vs attributed States record diesel prices flat, with no source; another report says there is no shortage ×1Asserted vs attributed The figure of 72 is stated flat, with no named source or document. The report's own inference is 'significant infiltration'. ×1Asserted vs attributed record diesel prices stated flat, with no figure and no source ×1 from 674 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Kathimerini
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Kathimerini 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1 from 115 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Dagens Nyheter
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused label flat accused is labelled far-right without attribution, and not named ×1Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected ×1Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count ×1Asserted or attributed the demand is written as the report's own flat sentence before it is attributed to anyone ×1 from 3487 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Soir
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Le Soir 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
Left estimate · not a score
Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Die Presse
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Die Presse 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1 from 70 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Il Giornale
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Il Giornale 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1 from 3231 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → la Repubblica
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la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Magyar Nemzet
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Magyar Nemzet 🇭🇺HU · newspaper · party-aligned No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusers named as participants The headline names two current accusers as having taken part in the concession. ×1Aside aimed at one figure the handover is framed as reading homework for the opposition leader who asked for it ×1Asserted, not attributed The motive is stated in the report's own voice, hedged only by a rhetorical formula rather than by a source. ×1Asserted not attributed a contested motive is the entire lede, with no source for it ×1 from 2932 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Politico Europe
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Politico Europe 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1 from 1192 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Süddeutsche Zeitung 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1 from 257 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → iDNES.cz / MF DNES
Centre-right estimate · not a score
iDNES.cz / MF DNES 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed The cause and the forecast are both attributed to the bank's own statement ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline attributes the charge that Putin ordered the rules of war dropped to Zelensky ×1Attributed The facts are attributed to the Polish army in the lead sentence ×1Attributed the bridge damage is sourced to Kyiv's mayor on Telegram ×1 from 4739 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
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NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Svenska Dagbladet
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1 from 3297 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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