While Spain wants the rapid reopening of commercial customs in Melilla and the opening of a new customs office in Ceuta, Morocco, for its part, uses subterfuges to extend the deadlines and delay, or even prevent, the opening of these customs posts.
Samir Nesmy, in a vegetative state for eight years since he was hit by a vehicle on the Cuesta Parisiana on April 22, 2015, is finally leaving the Ceuta hospital with his mother, Saadia Hmaity, who has remained at his bedside all this time, for better care in Murcia.
Morocco and Spain normalized their diplomatic relations in April 2022 after Spain’s change of position on the Sahara. The two countries signed a joint declaration in Rabat containing the "new roadmap" of their relations. After a year of relative peace, new tensions are emerging, due to Morocco’s claims on Sebta and Melilla.
Google Maps doubts the Spanish nature of Ceuta and Melilla . On the satellite images of the global giant, the border between Spain and Morocco is drawn in dotted lines, as if the two countries were disputing the sovereignty of the two autonomous cities.
Morocco and Spain are studying the ways and means to ensure the repatriation, with "all legal guarantees", of the some 137 unaccompanied Moroccan minors still staying in the reception centers of Ceuta.
Spanish MEPs Maite Pagaza and Jordi Cañas (again!) have called on the European Union to react to Morocco’s statements on the Spanish sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla . They call on the EU to revise the European partnership in the face of Morocco’s hostile acts.
A Moroccan man about 90 years old has been wandering the streets of Ceuta since May 25, in the hope of crossing the border to return to Morocco. Probably mentally ill, his situation does not seem to concern the authorities of the city or even on the Moroccan side.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a diplomatic note to the Rabat embassy in Madrid to reproach Morocco for stating in a letter to the European Commission that Sebta and Melilla are "Moroccan" cities.
According to Ceuta’s forecasts, more than 600,000 Moroccans from Europe will transit through the autonomous city as part of the Marhaba Operation which will take place between June 15 and September 15.
Morocco has officially stated in a verbal note to the European Commission that Ceuta and Melilla "are Moroccan cities"
A Moroccan woman from Martil and her 10-year-old son were arrested by the Civil Guard, at the height of the Chorrillo beach, as they were trying to reach Ceuta by swimming.
The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, announced that his party wants to win the municipal elections next Sunday in Ceuta in order to curb the "Moroccanization" that the autonomous city has undergone in recent years.