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Massive Morocco-Europe Migration Operation Resumes After Two-Year Hiatus
Wednesday 15 June 2022, by
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.
Canceled in 2020 for health reasons and in 2021 due to the diplomatic crisis between Spain and Morocco, the Marhaba Operation resumes this Wednesday, June 15. The State Committee for Coordination and Management (CECOD) of this operation in Spain, met in mid-April to prepare the meeting of the Spanish-Moroccan Joint Commission which was held on May 5 in Rabat, in order to define the conditions for the conduct of the 2022 edition of this operation which promises to be exceptional, recalls Europa Press.
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During this meeting, the two parties agreed that the arrangements will be identical to those established in 2019. Thus, Spain has set up a device of 15,995 police and Civil Guard agents to ensure the safety of Moroccans in Europe who will take the ports of Campo de Gibraltar, Algeciras, Tarifa, Motril and Almeria to go to Morocco this summer.
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In 2019, 3,340,045 passengers and 760,215 vehicles transited through the Spanish ports as part of the Transit Operation. As in previous years, the Marhaba Operation includes a fleet plan, coordination plans, security and traffic plans, as well as health and social assistance measures, with particular attention paid to the health crisis.