Baleària has decided to strengthen its activity with Morocco as part of this year’s Marhaba Operation. With its thirteen ships, the shipping company plans to make 200 weekly connections to Ceuta, Melilla, Tanger Med and Nador during the period from June 15 to September 15.
The port of Almeria plans to welcome nearly 500,000 Moroccans from Europe who will embark for Melilla or Nador, on the first day of Operation Marhaba, which will run until September 15.
Faced with the "passivity" of the authorities, the association of fishermen of Carboneras (Almería), better known as Carbopesca, intends to take radical measures against Moroccan boats that continue to fish illegally in Spanish waters.
The Civil Guard has arrested three individuals suspected of having stolen at least 16 cars in the Alicante and Murcia regions. According to information gathered during the investigation, the thefts were committed in order to carry out other crimes, while some of the stolen vehicles were sold in Morocco.
Violent clashes broke out on Sunday between Moroccan and Algerian prisoners at the El Acebuche prison in Almeria. The prison authorities are asking to use the Taser gun to preserve their integrity.
The Audiencia Nacional has ordered the extradition of a 45-year-old Moroccan wanted by Interpol after the international arrest warrant issued by the judicial authorities of Tetouan on September 22, 2022, and arrested in Roquetas de Mar (Almeria) last November.
A fireball was spotted in the Moroccan sky on Thursday, at the same time as another crossed the provinces of Jaén, Granada and Almería, according to data provided by the Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory in the province of Almería.
The repeated fires that have occurred in recent years in the shantytowns in Almeria where many Moroccans reside have accelerated the process of clearing these areas, leading several of them to find themselves on the street overnight.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), in coordination with the Spanish intelligence services, proceeded on Wednesday to dismantle a terrorist cell that had pledged allegiance to Daesh . Its members were preparing to carry out attacks in the country.
The Consul of Morocco in Almeria, Kamal Haoudi, died at the age of 54 from a heart attack that occurred at his home. Condolences and expressions of compassion have been addressed to the Moroccan consulate in recent days.
The shipping company Baleària celebrated this week 20 years of maritime links with Morocco. It organized an event in Tangier attended by more than 200 actors from the maritime and economic sectors.
The use of jet skis by migrants to illegally enter Spain from the Moroccan coasts has increased in recent months. The country’s security forces are having difficulty detecting these craft on radar and thus arresting these migrants and human traffickers who transport them.