The flow of migrants has dropped considerably since the normalization of relations between Spain and Morocco. In the first quarter of 2023, 4,287 migrants illegally arrived in the peninsula via the Spanish coasts or the fences of Ceuta and Melilla, a 50.9% decrease compared to the same period last year.
The Civil Guard of Córdoba arrested a Moroccan minor who had traveled under a truck from Morocco to try to illegally enter Spain.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to acquire quads and buggies (lightweight off-road vehicles with two seats) for the benefit of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior, as part of the Project to Support Integrated Border and Migration Management.
A member of the Moroccan security forces and a Spanish agent stationed at the Melilla border have been arrested by the Civil Guard for allowing migrants to cross the border in exchange for 7,000 euros per person.
Started in April 2019, the project "Support for Integrated Border and Migration Management in Morocco", with a budget of 44 million euros fully financed by the European Union (EU) through the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, will end in April 2023.
Nearly twenty Moroccan non-governmental organizations (NGOs) join the many voices that have been rising for a few weeks to call for an end to the hateful and racist discourse targeting irregular sub-Saharan migrants.
A young Moroccan, previously under the guardianship of the Community of Madrid, was "illegally detained" at the Foreigners Detention Center (CIE) of Zapadores (Valencia) for more than a month, despite the decision of the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid to suspend his expulsion from the country.
The Audiencia Nacional will decide on Tuesday whether or not to extradite a Moroccan accused of migrant trafficking. The defendant illegally brought 28 Moroccan migrants into Spain by boat in 2017. These were later deported to Morocco.
Idriss, 23, left Morocco by swimming and arrived in Granada three months ago. Homeless, he squats in the former Multicines Centro cinema and survives thanks to the generosity of the neighbors.
The European Union recorded a record number of asylum applications in 2022. Among the applicants, many Moroccans whose number has soared.
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 Civil Guard of Ceuta found on Tuesday the lifeless body of a young Moroccan migrant on the Ribera beach, not far from the city center, where it had drifted after being swept away by the strong current of the sea recorded in recent days.