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How much of the Spanish border does that fence cover if I may ask? Does that include the borders with Portugal, France and Italy?

It seems its main purpose is to stop the refugee processing system from being overwhelmed, as that doesn't place them on Spanish soil proper.

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Only cover these two segment of the border. Spain is part of the Schengen area, as well as Portugal and France, so there is no need to have a real border with them.

It only covers a bit of 'Spain' within Marokko.

>Spain has two exclave located on the north coast of Africa,

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