Strong Winds Halt Ferry Service Between Spain’s Tarifa and Morocco’s Tangier
3 October 2022
The port of Tarifa was closed to passengers heading to Morocco (Port Tanger ville) on Sunday due to strong winds in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Spanish Police Bust Drug and Human Trafficking Ring with Ties to Moroccan Customs Officials
2 October 2022
The Spanish police have dismantled a Moroccan network of drug and underage migrant trafficking in Crevillent, Callosa and Lorca (Canary Islands). The interrogation of the (…)
US Nuclear Submarine Sparks Controversy Near Gibraltar and Morocco
1 October 2022
The environmental group Verdemar denounced on Wednesday the arrival at the naval base of Peñón in the Campo de Gibraltar, near Morocco, of an American nuclear submarine (USS (…)
Morocco Rules Out Ferry Link from Marina Smir to Spanish Ports, Citing Technical Limitations
11 September 2022
The Moroccan Ministry of Transport and Logistics has stated that the port of Marina Smir (Fnideq) does not meet the technical standards to establish a direct maritime link with (…)
Moroccan Woman Suffocates in Suitcase During Illegal Border Crossing Attempt to Spain
29 August 2022
The lifeless body of a 28-year-old Moroccan woman was found last Friday in a suitcase inside a car embarked at Tanger Med bound for the port of Algeciras.
Morocco-Spain Ferry Traffic Falls Short of Expectations in 2022 Operation Marhaba
17 August 2022
Announced as "historic" due to the massive influx of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) expected, the 2022 Operation Marhaba, the first organized after the health and diplomatic (…)
Jet Ski Smuggling Surge: Migrants Pay Thousands for Risky Spain-Morocco Crossings
16 August 2022
Migrants have resumed their usual means of transport to reach Spain in the summer: jet skis. Since May, about twenty migrants have been arrested, the latest in Almeria on Sunday.
Port of Algeciras Issues Reminder on Food Import Rules for Moroccan Travelers
16 August 2022
The Port Authority of Algeciras has reminded Moroccans in Europe engaged in the return phase of Operation Marhaba of the products allowed to enter Spain from Morocco, according (…)
Record 50,000 Moroccan Expatriates Cross Sebta Border in Weekend Surge
2 August 2022
"About 50,000 Moroccan expatriates and 14,000 vehicles" crossed the Tarajal border in both directions between Friday and Sunday, with waiting times of up to four hours maximum, (…)
Spanish Ports Handle Record Surge of Moroccan Expatriate Traffic During Marhaba Operation
2 August 2022
The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa (Cadiz), which absorb most of the traffic of the Marhaba Operation, have managed, not without difficulty, to handle the significant flow of (…)