Social media users have misrepresented footage of migrants scaling the same fence in March, 2022, as showing the U.S. southern border. Social media users have misrepresented footage of migrants scaling the same fence in March, 2022, as showing the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Javier Bernardo)CLAIM: Video shows a large crowd of migrants climbing a fence at the United States’ southern border with Mexico. The video shows migrants climbing a fence between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, in March 2022. There have been other instances of migrants attempting to cross the Melilla border fence before and after the incident in the video.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 05, 2023 19:03 UTC