Bni Nsar

Articles

• Melilla-Morocco Border Crossing Slows as Passport Checks Intensify
  3 October 2022, by Prince

  On foot or by car, it is still difficult to cross the Beni Ensar border. "Before, we passed quickly, but now, you have to present your passport on both sides of the border," explains Mohamed, a resident of Almeria who came to Melilla to have a drink with a friend. He says he had to present his passport five times: twice in Spain and three times in Morocco. He will have to go through the same ordeal on the way back to Almeria.
  Abdelaziz, for his part, went on foot to Beni Ensar to Nador, (…)

• Moroccan Teen Dies in Fatal Fall During Attempted Border Crossing to Spain
  2 May 2023, by Said

  A tragedy occurred at the border between Morocco and Spain, where a 17-year-old Moroccan boy died trying to illegally enter Spanish territory.
  The teenager had climbed onto an international transport truck in the hope of crossing the Beni Enzar border. Unfortunately, he lost his balance and fell head first, suffering a severe hemorrhage that proved fatal. The young man’s body was transferred to the morgue of the Al-Hassani hospital.
  This tragic incident is not the first of its kind in (…)

• Moroccan Town Denies Beach Entry Fee, Clarifies Parking Charge at Popular Coastal Spots
  2 July 2024, by Sylvanus

  The commune of Beni Ensar, under the province of Nador, denies having imposed a 10 dirham tax on people wishing to swim on the beaches of Miami and Bocana. It also denounces "rumors" coming from "people seeking to harm the public interests of the commune".
  In a statement, the commune of Beni Ensar is as clear as possible. The mentioned tax on a sign at the entrance of the beach concerns "the parking lots inside the Boukhana-Miami beach, where seventeen guarded points have been set up by (…)

• Moroccan Resident Challenges Border Seizure of Olive Oil in Melilla
  28 September 2024, by Said

  A Moroccan residing in Melilla is contesting the seizure of 11.2 liters of olive oil during his crossing at the Beni-Enzar border. He believes he was the victim of an abuse of power by the authorities.
  The man claims that the current regulations allow the transport of such a quantity of olive oil, provided that it is not intended for commercial use. He relies in particular on circular IM/1/2022, which sets the limit at 10 kilos per vehicle, and on Order PJC/756/2024, which defines the (…)

• Melilla Businesses Protest Border Closure as Economic Crisis Deepens
  30 October 2019, by Kamal

  Businessmen and merchants of the Spanish enclave of Melilla are taking a stand, following the closure of the main trade route, the Beni Nsar crossing, by the Moroccan authorities.
  8 associations of merchants and businessmen of the city have asked the local government the right to demonstrate on November 5 and 19 next, after suffering huge losses following the land embargo imposed by the Moroccan authorities on the presidio.
  The associations deplore the attitude of the Spanish (…)

• Morocco Investment Rumors Debunked: Jewish Leaders Deny Outreach from Officials
  20 June 2020, by Prince

  The information that Jewish businessmen from Ceuta and Melilla would have been approached to invest in Morocco is "false", according to Jaime Azancot, president of the Israelite community of Melilla, who believes that if it were true, it would have been the subject of more official treatment.
  Jaime Azancot approached the businessmen of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla to verify the information. They all stated that they had received no calls from any Moroccan royal palace officials to (…)

• Police Officer Found Dead in Nador, Morocco; Authorities Investigate Possible Suicide
  29 March 2021, by Ginette

  In Nador, the death under still unclear circumstances of a police sergeant has prompted the opening of a judicial investigation on Saturday to determine the causes. The deceased was serving at the provincial security district, and his lifeless body was found at his home bearing the traces of a bullet fired from his service weapon.
  Suicide or execution? At this stage of the investigation, the thesis of suicide is the most agitated by the National Security services, due to the circumstances (…)

• Former Moroccan Lawmaker Arrested at Border for Misusing Official Passport While Intoxicated
  24 April 2023, by Said

  The police arrested today a former MP from the Istiqlal Party, suspected of having used his service passport as a parliamentarian while he had lost his status as a deputy. The man was in a state of intoxication.
  According to sources close to the investigation cited by Alyaoum24, the former MP had been dismissed by the Constitutional Court and was returning from Melilla, Spain, through the Beni Ansar checkpoint. When asked for his identity, he presented his passport reserved for (…)

• Moroccan Woman Dies in Border Zone While Seeking Emergency Care in Spanish Enclave
  27 January 2023, by Said

  A 60-year-old Moroccan woman died on Thursday morning in the "buffer zone" between Spain and Morocco as she was trying to access Melilla to be treated at the Comarcal Hospital in the city. The news was confirmed by Moroccan sources from the border area of Bni Nsar before the local authorities of Melilla confirmed the death.
  According to sources cited by the local newspaper El faro de Melilla, the deceased was being evacuated to Melilla by ambulance, accompanied by a nurse, from a private (…)

• Morocco Launches Coastal Demolition Drive in Nador to Clear Public Beaches
  4 February 2024, by Prince

  Like several other cities, the local authorities of Nador have launched demolition operations on dwellings built on the public maritime domain.
  The beaches of Arekmane, Ras El Ma, and Beni Ensar are affected by these operations, which aim to free the public maritime domain from all forms of illegal occupation and housing, according to sources at Nadorcity, specifying that the governor of the province will personally oversee the execution of these operations.
  Before the launch of the (…)