The Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, ordered the opening of an investigation following the assault on several Moroccan minors by Guardia civil agents in Las Palmas. His reaction follows the summoning of the Spanish ambassador accredited in Rabat.
The Canarias Libre platform of the migrant detention center in the Canary Islands invited around a hundred people to the Plaza Candelaria in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to demonstrate against "the policies that have made the Mediterranean and the Atlantic the biggest graveyard in the world".
A young couple and their three-year-old son died by drowning after the boat that was transporting them from Morocco to the Canary Islands sank. The Moroccan family wanted to build "a better life" in Alicante, where several of their relatives have lived for years.
Ayoub Fakhry, an 18-year-old, decided with a friend to take a kayak to leave Fnideq and reach Ceuta . The two candidates for illegal immigration have been missing since Saturday. Ayoub’s family, without news, is desperately searching for him.
The maritime service of the Civil Guard intercepted on Thursday a kayak occupied by four candidates for illegal immigration, including a Moroccan couple. Despite the intensity of the morning fog, the rescue was carried out without incident and the suspects were placed in quarantine.
In a video shared on social networks, we can see Guardia Civil agents harassing and assaulting a group of illegal immigrants. Among them, Moroccan minors.
Two young Moroccans, Hussein Mubarak and Muhammad Taniber, aged 17 and 18 respectively, have been missing at sea since last December. They were trying to reach Ceuta by swimming, accompanied by a friend who was able to reach the shore.
The Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants (CETI) in Ceuta , inaugurated in 2004, now has only three immigrant women in its facilities, including one Moroccan. It used to accommodate more than two hundred in the past.
Beyond the statistics of illegal immigration, there are stories like that of Badr, the young Moroccan who disappeared at sea and loved to compete and win track and field races in Ceuta.
As last year, Twitter suspended on Thursday the official account of the far-right party "Vox" in Spain. The party has made hate-inciting speeches during a campaign it launched with the hashtag "No to Islamization".
The vaccination campaign launched by King Mohammed VI does not take into account all migrants. To denounce this discrimination, Moroccan associations and organizations defending the rights of migrants have launched the "Vaccines for All" movement.
Mohamed Ouskir, 26, was luckier than his compatriot Badr. He was rescued by a fishing boat and transferred to the Mdiq hospital. Both were reported missing at sea while trying to swim to Spain from Ceuta . Their families were desperately searching for them.