The arrival of 8,000 migrants in 85,000 cities in just 48 hours outweighed the tensions between allies. However, the bustling business of Fnideq, the Moroccan town closest to Ceuta in Spain, was a huge hit during the pandemic. Due to the closure of the border, more than 30,000 workers who used to commute across the border every day have been largely unemployed for the past year. Vox calls the influx of immigrants “aggression,” but the term is also used by some conservatives, including the autonomous city president Juan Jesus Bibas. We are like an experimental rat.”The man talked about how he lost his mother years ago in a stampede on the Ceuta border, where many women made a living as porters before the authorities closed the border.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 22, 2021 10:50 UTC