Algeciras, SPAIN: A Civil Guard controls the traffic on the highway to Algeciras on Christmas eve at Algeciras, southern Spain, 24 December 2006. The port installations have been blocked by traffic jams causing tension among the passengers, immigrants on their way to Africa to spend the holidays with their families. Shipping companies announced to arrange six extra crossings, four bound for Tanger and two for the autonomous city of Ceuta, an enclave in North Africa. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

Algeciras, SPAIN: A Civil Guard controls the traffic on the highway to Algeciras on Christmas eve at Algeciras, southern Spain, 24 December 2006. The port installations have been blocked by traffic jams causing tension among the passengers, immigrants on their way to Africa to spend the holidays with their families. Shipping companies announced to arrange six extra crossings, four bound for Tanger and two for the autonomous city of Ceuta, an enclave in North Africa.

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