One week on, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is still reeling from the influx of tens of thousands of migrants from across its border with Morocco.
Although most of about 80,000 people who swarmed into the tiny North African territory have gone back, it is estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 remain, including unaccompanied minors.
But those who are not Moroccan, have no desire to return there, including Ahmad who comes from Yemen.
"We want to enter Europe to earn a living for the sake of our families and children. We don't want to return to any other place,” he said. “We don't want to go back to Africa again.”
For Mohamed Ahmed Malek, a migrant from Darfur in Sudan, making it to mainland Spain will make his life better as he wants to become “the best doctor”.
