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All a bit odd – on Thursday morning a large number of apparently young men crossed the bay into Ceuta from Morocco. Bussed to their departure point by the gendarmerie and with the Moroccan border guards all away from their posts. They swam or crossed the rocky boundary into the Spanish enclave and – while there was no chance of them making their way to the Spanish mainland (or to the United Kingdom as faragistas would have us believe) – they milled around in the autonomous city until they had mostly returned , hungry, to Morocco by Saturday morning. In all, some sixty thousand of them or more – creating a stink that could be heard around the world. Around 67 are reported to have drowned in the exercise (and I wonder who lost sleep over that particular tragedy?), and it was noticeable that none of them brought so much as a change of clothes.One who drowned was a player for the Tetuan Women's Football Club, Faten Ben Omar El Azizi. Say her name out loud! Later, the Spanish a...

 The Next Business over Tapas will appear dated August 13th.  Business over Tapas A digest of this week's Spanish financial, political and social news aimed primarily at Foreign Property Owners: Prepared by Lenox Napier.   Consultant: José Antonio Sierra For Subscriptions and Tip Jar , go here . email:   lenox@businessovertapas.com   *** Now with Facebook Page (Like!) *** Business over Tapas and its writers are not responsible for unauthorised copying or other improper use of this material. Subscription and e-mail information in our archives is never released to third parties.     July 30 2026             Nº 642              Editorial:   It was hot where I live, on a hill overlooking a dry riverbed, not far from the sea. Indeed, Thursday and Friday were both in the lower 40s. My daughter was celebrating her bir...