Spain announced on Friday its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara . In return, the kingdom has committed to respecting the "territorial integrity" of Spain, which means that it is renouncing its annexationist desires on Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands.
Vox and the Popular Party (PP) clashed on Wednesday in Congress over measures to protect the Melilla border with Morocco, after the latest migrant assaults. The PP is not in favor of a permanent deployment of the armed forces at the fence, alluding to NATO protection, while Vox is advocating for it.
The Melilla government delegation held a meeting on Tuesday with the president of the State Ports, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena. On the agenda, the situation of the port of Melilla since the closure of the border with Morocco.
The former prosecutor of Zaragoza, Ramiro Grau, considers Morocco as "the enemy" of Spain. He denounces the kingdom’s policy of allowing hundreds of migrants to arrive in Ceuta and Melilla, and the passivity of the Spanish authorities who take no measures to repel these attacks.
The president of Vox Melilla, José Miguel Tasende, stated that the "increasingly massive and violent" migrant assaults are not reassuring for businessmen who would like to invest in the autonomous city.
General Fernando Alejandre Martínez, former Chief of the Defense Staff, believes that Morocco does not currently represent a direct threat to Spain and denounces the Spanish government’s policy of "turning its back on Morocco".
A ship from the Balearia company that operates the Malaga-Melilla route collided on Saturday with a container ship in the high seas of the Alboran Sea. No injuries were reported.
The president of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Melilla (CEME-CEOE), Enrique Alcoba, believes that the pandemic "has been the perfect excuse" for Morocco to achieve its goal of "economically suffocating Ceuta and Melilla".
The Vox party has denounced "the economic blackmail and demographic pressure" of Morocco which "prepares and organizes the assaults at its convenience". It also accuses the Spanish government of not properly fulfilling its mission of protecting the borders.
The Popular Party (PP) is about to ask the government to undertake legislative reforms to allow migrant minors to return to Morocco.
The Popular Party (PP) and Vox are asking the Spanish government for explanations about the massive assaults by sub-Saharan migrants in Melilla last Wednesday and Thursday.
Vox remains convinced that Morocco wants to stifle Ceuta and deplores the passivity of the government. It has just sent it a question to ask what actions it intends to take to counter "Morocco’s latest initiative", the commercial zone under construction a few kilometers from the border with the autonomous city.