Ceuta, Spain, July 2021

Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil, is the border of Europe that goes further south. An obligatory stop on the western route, after a period of relative tranquility, it returned to the center of the news last May when the Moroccan authorities relaxed controls and thousands of people tried to cross the border. What does it mean to live without documents trapped in a few square kilometers?

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