Spain is getting ready for more problems at its North African border because thousands of migrants are being encouraged online to enter Ceuta again later this month.

This warning comes as Spain is being criticized for how it handled the recent border crisis, where around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish territory in just a few days.

Now, Spanish intelligence experts say a big social media campaign is encouraging another large group of people to cross into Ceuta on August 15, making people worry that the crisis could happen again.

A report by a company that looks at social media found that almost half a million accounts were involved in promoting the recent crossing. They also found a Facebook group with over 108,000 members that is still telling migrants to go to Ceuta later this month.

The latest warning comes as Spain asked its European Union partners not to blame Morocco publicly for the crisis.

During a virtual meeting, Madrid asked other EU countries to avoid criticizing Morocco, according to a report from Euractiv.

The request came after some ministers asked how so many people were able to cross into the Spanish enclave so quickly.

When asked who was responsible, Spain's Interior Minister said there didn't have to be someone to blame.

He said, 'There doesn't have to be someone to blame.'

His comments seemed to disagree with those of the Defence Minister, who said that whoever allowed the crossings 'will have to take responsibility'.

She said, 'We cannot ignore this human problem, neither Spain nor Morocco.'

A Western government source said that Morocco may have quietly allowed the surge as a warning to Madrid, which is what Spanish intelligence believes happened.

Germany's Chancellor is the only major European leader to publicly ask Morocco to take back those who crossed into Ceuta.

The European Commission President warned that migrants should not be used to put pressure on the EU, and suggested working more closely with Morocco.

Instead of focusing on Morocco, the EU is looking at the role of social media in the crisis.

The Migration Commissioner said that Europol is investigating whether online false information helped cause the mass crossings, and whether Russian-linked accounts tried to take advantage of the unrest.