Are the rioting and looting really caused by migrants?

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No. Official reports describe the Barcelona unrest as a social-media-called anti-system youth action inspired by French high-school protests, involving mostly minors who looted shops and set fires. Police sources note many of those arrested have foreign (often Maghreb) origins despite Spanish nationality, but authorities call it disorganized gratuitous violence, not a migrant-driven event. Spain’s foreign-born population is about 20%.

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