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Morocco to Reopen Rif Mines, Former Migrant Hideout Near Melilla Border
Morocco has decided to reopen the Rif mines in which sub-Saharan migrants who stormed the Melilla fence in June last year had taken refuge.
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Morocco Blocks EU Lawmakers Probing Deadly Migrant Incident at Melilla Border
Morocco refused entry into its territory to two MEPs at the Melilla border. The two parliamentarians were trying to enter the kingdom to "investigate" the migrant assault of June 24 in which at least 23 migrants were killed.
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Spain Reaffirms Sovereignty Over Ceuta, Melilla, and North African Territories
The director of the Ceuta and Melilla Observatory, Carlos Echeverria, stated that the two autonomous cities, as well as the adjacent islands and rocks, "are part of Spain and as such must be defended".
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Senator Pushes for Official Status of Tamazight Language in Spanish Enclave Melilla
Compromís senator Carles Mulet, who visited Melilla in July after the migrant tragedy that occurred at the border with Morocco, expressed his wish to see Tamazight, one of the four most widely spoken Berber languages in Morocco, recognized as an official language in the autonomous city.
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Spanish Opposition Urges Government to Pressure Morocco on Melilla Border Reopening
The general coordinator of the Popular Party (PP), Elías Bendodo, has asked the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, to do everything possible with Morocco so that the commercial customs of Melilla, unilaterally closed by the kingdom since August 1, 2018, are reopened.
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Spain Tightens Covid Entry Rules for Moroccan Travelers, Requiring Health Certificates
Spain requires border workers and other Schengen visa holders traveling from Morocco to have a certificate of vaccination against Covid-19 or a certificate of recovery or a negative PCR test.
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Former Spanish Minister Faces Backlash Over Ceuta and Melilla Sovereignty Comments
The Ceuta Assembly announced on Monday the upcoming convening of an extraordinary session to declare Maria Antonia Trujillo, the former Minister of Housing, persona non grata, after her statements questioning the "Spanishness" of Ceuta and Melilla.
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Melilla President Slams Ex-Minister's Claim on Spanish Enclaves in Morocco
Like his counterpart in Ceuta, the President of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, has condemned the remarks of former Housing Minister María Antonia Trujillo concerning the Spanish identity of the two autonomous cities, describing them as "despicable" and "disloyal".
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Spanish Socialists Reject Ex-Minister's Call for Ceuta and Melilla to Join Morocco
The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) of Melilla considers the statements of the former Socialist Minister of Housing, María Antonia Trujillo, on the integration of Ceuta and Melilla into Morocco as "false and unacceptable". The party maintains that the Spanishness of the two autonomous cities is "unquestionable".
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Ex-Spanish Minister Sparks Controversy: Calls for Ceuta and Melilla to Join Morocco
The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, described as "unacceptable" and "disloyal" the remarks of the former Spanish Minister of Housing, Maria Antonia Trujillo, who defended during the international congress in Tetouan that Ceuta and Melilla are "vestiges of the past that hinder the economic and political independence of Morocco and the good relations between the two countries".
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Families Demand Justice for Melilla Fishermen Killed by Moroccan Navy in 2013
The parents of Emin and Pisly, two young people from Melilla who would have been killed by the Royal Moroccan Navy on October 27, 2013 while fishing in Moroccan waters (Punta Negri), demonstrated on Friday, for the umpteenth time in front of the Assembly to demand justice.
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Civil Guard Arrests Two European Women for Smuggling Moroccan Migrant into Melilla
The Civil Guard has arrested in Melilla two women of Belgian and French origin who tried to cross the border with a Moroccan woman hidden in the back of their vehicle.