休达

马德里说，已向拉巴特提出正式抗议，并将增派部队到北非的休达与麦里亚属地外海的岛屿。

Madrid said that it has already made formal protests to Rabat and will send additional troops to the islands off Spanish Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa .

梅利利亚和休达是摩洛哥海沿岸的两个西班牙飞地。

These two cities are Spanish enclaves along the Moroccan coast .

梅利利亚侧的边界带长约7英里（约15千米），休达一侧长约5英里（约8千米）。

The Melilla barrier is approximately seven miles long , and the Cueta approximately five .

欧盟则指望着能通过对梅利利亚-休达地区提供资金支持，以达到阻止该地区不法活动的目的。

The European Union aided in the funding in the hope that it would deter illegal activity .

尽管摩洛哥从未承认过梅利利亚和休达的主权独立，甚至还发表官方声明声称这两个自由市是属于摩洛哥的领土，但它们确实是非洲大陆上仅剩的隶属欧盟管辖的领土。

It 's the only land in Africa fully governed by a European nation , although Morocco has never recognized the independence of these two cities and has formally stated that both belong to them .