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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Suman Naishadham

Spain’s king and queen set to visit enclave Ceuta where migration crisis reveals rifts

A teenager rides a bicycle in front of the statue of god Hercules bearing the national flag of Spain in the city centre of Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta - (AFP/Getty)

Located in North Africa, the small Spanish territory of Ceuta is an unusual city, where Muslim and Christian communities are almost equal in number.

The enclave, which Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit on Tuesday, is experiencing an extended migration crisis, which has revealed cultural and religious fault lines in a place touting itself as a symbol of coexistence. Some claim those divisions were there all along.

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