The Unified Police Union (SUP) of Melilla ensures that arrangements have been made to facilitate the return of Moroccans from Europe to their countries of residence as part of the return phase of Operation Marhaba 2023.
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has reaffirmed that Ceuta and Melilla are part of Spain and the EU. This, in response to Morocco which had described the two cities as "Moroccan".
Melilla felt two earthquakes of magnitude greater than 3.5 on the Richter scale in just 24 hours (Monday and Tuesday), with an epicenter in the Moroccan town of Anoual, located 87 kilometers from the autonomous city.
Morocco has never ceased to claim Ceuta and Melilla. Despite the resumption of relations with Spain, the kingdom has maintained its "hybrid strategy" towards the two autonomous cities.
A former agent of the Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI), Fernando San Agustín, reveals in a recent book the "Morocco 2030" plan aimed at annexing Ceuta and Melilla.
The Spanish Defense Ministry’s Española de Defensa magazine, in its July-August 2023 issue, publishes an article on the air surveillance squadron (EVA 11) located in Cadiz in southern Spain, near northern Morocco.
Agents from the General Command of Melilla (army) have been carrying out a mission of control, surveillance and "deterrence" near the border with Morocco for a few days.
The Popular Party candidate for Congress, Javier Celaya, stated that Spain must reaffirm its sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla internationally, while maintaining good relations with Morocco, which continues to claim the two cities.
The president of the Chamber of Commerce of Nador, Abdelhafid Aljarroudi, presented to about twenty students from the University of Granada campus in Melilla on a visit to the city, Morocco’s project to set up casinos and nightclubs in the autonomous city.
Vox has deplored the maintenance by Morocco of the closure of the commercial customs of Melilla, which should have been reactivated since last January, according to the agreements concluded between the two countries in April 2022. The far-right party denounces the economic blockade of Morocco towards the autonomous city.
Spanish journalist Ignacio Cembrero reported differential treatment at the border between Spain and Morocco. Those living in Melilla would have experienced, he said, very long delays (up to 10 hours) while Moroccans living abroad leaving Morocco were able to make the crossing in only 90 minutes.
The Partido Popular (PP) candidate for the Senate in Melilla for the upcoming general elections on July 23, Isabel Moreno, is convinced that the letter from Pedro Sanchez addressed to King Mohammed VI to express Spain’s support for the Moroccan autonomy plan "was written in Rabat and signed in Madrid".