The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa, through which the majority of Moroccans in Europe pass to reach their country in the summer as part of Operation Marhaba, are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the resumption of maritime links with Morocco, after the visit of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat this Thursday.
The Civil Guard of Ceuta has arrested 14 women, including Moroccans, as alleged perpetrators of trafficking of Moroccan migrants, both minors and adults, to Algeciras.
The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, hopes that the upcoming visit to Morocco of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, scheduled for April 1, will consecrate the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as many interests are at stake.
A Moroccan detained at the Foreigners Detention Center (CIE) in Algeciras and awaiting deportation to Morocco, has been on a hunger strike for a month and a half to denounce his situation. His health having taken a serious blow, he needs medical care in a hospital. Associations have seized the Ombudsman for this purpose.
The Civil Guard has, as part of an anti-drug operation, seized more than 500 kilos of hashish hidden in three trucks arriving at the port of Algeciras from Morocco.
The port of Algeciras is eagerly awaiting the reopening of maritime borders with Morocco, now that Spain’s change of position on the Sahara has opened a "new stage" in the relationship between the two countries.
The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, expressed his satisfaction on Thursday with the announced resumption of passenger maritime traffic with Morocco and the upcoming organization of Operation Marhaba (Moroccans living abroad).
Spanish National Police agents arrested on Sunday in Algeciras a 29-year-old Moroccan who was transporting 3.173 kilos of hashish in a truck. He is being prosecuted for a crime against public health.
Morocco has closed its maritime borders with Spain for almost two years now, which has prevented the organization of Opération Marhaba in 2020 and 2021. The non-holding of this operation in 2022 would be "deadly" for the port of Algeciras, through which most Moroccans from Europe travel to the kingdom in the summer.
The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) hopes that Opération Marhaba dedicated to MREs, suspended for almost two years by Morocco for health reasons, will resume this year.
The municipal council of Algeciras, in its session on Friday, called on the central government to intensify negotiations with Morocco for the resumption of maritime links suspended since March 2020 and the organization this year of the Marhaba Operation.
The president of the State Ports, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, assured that Spanish diplomacy is working to find a concerted solution with Morocco for the resumption of maritime links and the organization of the Marhaba Operation this year.