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Migrant Crisis Reveals Vast Differences Between Ceuta and Its Moroccan Neighbor

Migrant Crisis Reveals Vast Differences Between Ceuta and Its Moroccan Neighbor
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The migrant crisis at the border between Spanish Ceuta and Morocco starkly reveals the enormous economic and social disparities separating the two shores. The situation on the ground illustrates how political boundaries divide two fundamentally different worlds in terms of opportunity and stability.

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