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Though far from crowded at the moment, the harbour at Algerciras in southern Spain is soon to become a choke point for a stream of immigrants from North Africa who are residing in Europe and who will be returning to spend the summer holidays in their homelands. Altogether some 2.7 million people in 600,000 vehicles will be traversing Spain to embark from and later return via the ports of Algeciras, Almeria, Malaga y Alicante, which have ferry connections to North Africa. EPA/J. RAGEL