Several Moroccans living abroad, returning to Europe after visiting Morocco with their vehicles, which have provisional plates, found themselves stranded at the Algeciras port. They have to pay a sum equivalent to 30% of the value of their cars, as they are deemed to have been illegally imported to Spain.
Aljibes are water-storage wells built by Arabs that invaded the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. The technique stored water for their fortresses, but now it is brought back to save the environment.