
New Ferry Route Links Spain's Almeria to Morocco's Nador
The shipping company GNV has announced the launch from July 20 of a new line connecting Almeria to Nador, with 10 weekly rotations.

The shipping company GNV has announced the launch from July 20 of a new line connecting Almeria to Nador, with 10 weekly rotations.

The Marhaba Operation 2022, which started on June 15, recorded the passage of more than 50,000 Moroccans living abroad and 15,000 vehicles from Spanish ports to Morocco in one week.

Nearly 77,000 passengers have transited through the port of Almería from Nador, Melilla and Algerian ports, between January and May, an increase of 402% compared to the same period in 2021.

A man is accused of having killed in 2018 in Almeria a Moroccan, then wrapped his body in plastic before abandoning it on a municipal embankment. The public prosecutor’s office is demanding 21 years in prison.

Since the launch of the Marhaba Operation on June 15, 11,096 Moroccans from Europe and 3,543 vehicles have already crossed Spain to Morocco, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.

The Marhaba Operation, the largest migratory movement between Europe and Morocco, starts this Wednesday, June 15, after two years of cancellation. More than 15,000 Spanish security forces personnel have been mobilized for the occasion.

The president of the Port Authority of Almería (APA), Jesús Caicedo, held a meeting with the Moroccan vice-consuls in Almería, Mohamed Es-Sette and Nadia Sanbi, to prepare the Marhaba Operation which will take place this summer, after two years of cancellation due to the health crisis.

The shipping company Trasmediterránea is resuming this Saturday the passenger and vehicle traffic between Almeria and Nador, suspended for more than two years due to the closure of maritime borders by Morocco.

The Andalusian ports of Almería, Cádiz, Granada (Motril) and Malaga are finalizing the last details to participate in Operation Marhaba 2022, after two years of cancellation due to the health crisis.

More than 10,000 passengers have traveled between Almería and Nador since the resumption of passenger maritime traffic on April 23, the date on which the first Wasa Express ferry of the shipping company Baleària left the port of Almeria for Nador with 53 passengers and 45 freight transport vehicles.

The Port Authority of Almería (APA) is preparing for the Marhaba Operation 2022 which will see a significant influx of Moroccans, after two years of cancellation.

Caritas denounced on Tuesday "the total violation of human rights suffered by thousands of Moroccans living in misery in slums in Huelva and Almeria.