Ceuta border fence
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The Ceuta border fence is a separation barrier between Morocco and the Autonomous City of Ceuta, in Spain. Constructed by Spain, its stated purpose is to stop illegal immigration and smuggling.
Construction of the €30-million razor wire barrier was financed by the European Union. It consists of parallel 3-metre (10-foot) fences topped with barbed wire, with regular watchposts and a road running between them to accommodate police patrols. Underground cables connect spotlights, noise and movement sensors, and video cameras to a central control booth.
Morocco has objected to the construction of the barrier, as it considers Ceuta to be occupied Moroccan land, and has sought full handing over of the territory since 1975. Critics have also implicated the barrier in the drowning deaths of at least 4,000 people who have died trying to cross the straits of Gibraltar to illegally enter Spain.
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External links
- [Video clip on the Ceuta and Melilla's Walls of Shame]
- [Spain: building border fence]
- [Mustafa, the swimming fridge smuggler, and his macabre pact]
- [Attacking Europe's border fences]
- Ceuta border fence photo gallery: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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