Many people would have been unaware of Ceuta before the summer.
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Ceuta made the news when tens of thousands of people crossed the border to try to enter the EU.
Simon Reeve visited Ceuta in one of his documentary series: Mediterranean.
It can be viewed here. It was also shown recently.
Programme description:
Simon Reeve embarks on the fourth and final leg of his epic four-part journey around the Mediterranean. Taking a ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar, Simon's first stop is Ceuta, a Spanish exclave surrounded by Morocco. This is one of the few land borders between Africa and the European Union.
Simon joins the Spanish border police who check engines and even dashboards for stowaways trying to reach Europe. Migrant and refugees attempting to cross Ceuta's fortress border have quadrupled in the last year. Undaunted by Morocco's failure to issue a filming permit,
Simon crosses the border as a tourist, tracking down a group of young migrants hiding out in a forest close to Ceuta. They have travelled thousands of miles, crossing the Sahara to get this far, and now they are just a 20-foot, razor wire fence away from their European dream.
Source: https://www.frontpages.com/la-razon/
This is front page news in Spain.
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