evidence: It is also worth noting that Morocco does not officially recognize Spanish sovereignty over the cities of Ceuta and Melilla despite the existence of full border control on both sides. The territorial dispute is leveraged by both Spanish and Moroccan authorities to block migrants and asylum seekers. Extrajudicial pushbacks still take place on a regular basis despite the recent European Court of Human Rights sentence against Spain condemning these. Spanish authorities use the ambiguity of the No man’s land on which the fence is built as a justification. The pushbacks can happen at any stage of crossing the complex system of three different barriers and the deep pit that form the fence – or even after reaching the Spanish side. Footages by activists give evidence that Moroccan forces even cross the different gates through the fences and enter Spanish territory to capture and return migrants and asylum seekers, including minors.