Several children and young Moroccans tried last Sunday to sneak into two buses that were returning from Saïdía as the vehicles were preparing to cross Melilla through the Beni-Enzar border post.
Suspected of being an illegal immigrant while returning from vacation and about to take the boat to Malaga, Ouisam Karim had been detained in prison in Melilla and then thrown onto the street for a month, with his passport confiscated. Today, this Dutch national of Moroccan origin will be able to recover it and return to his loved ones.
Originally from Helmond in the Netherlands, a Moroccan is being held in prison in Melilla, the Spanish enclave north of Morocco. Indeed, Ouisam Karim, as he is called, is considered an illegal immigrant by the Spanish authorities.
Morocco has decided to strengthen the security of its coasts due to the constantly increasing attempts at illegal immigration. To this end, it intends to apply two major measures.
Talented athlete, Hilal al-Haj, a young Yemeni, had his eyes only for Europe. Unfortunately, the young Kung Fu champion will not fulfill his dreams. He drowned in the Mediterranean after being swept away by a wave as he tried to reach the Spanish coast. Hilal, who was to be married soon, was buried on Friday, September 27, in Sanaa, the capital of his country ravaged for four years by a bloody war.
A 5-year-old girl was seriously injured by a stranger in the locality of Ferkhana, near the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
The participation of Moroccan minors from the reception centers of Melilla in the show "Got talent España" created great emotion among the judges, the audience and the viewers. The scene saw the consecration of the young children who managed to win the "Golden buzzer" and advance to the semi-finals of the competition.
A bill for the construction of a wall on the borders of Ceuta and Melilla. This is the latest brainchild of the Spanish far-right deputies to make a place for themselves in the Congress in the next elections. This political tendency intends, with this bill, to contribute its stone to the fight against irregular immigration.
Another case of illegal immigration. The Civil Guard found in Melilla a young man of Moroccan origin who had hidden in the hollow of the spare tire of a vehicle that was to board a ship bound for Malaga.
155 African migrants successfully entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Friday, August 30, 2019, by forcing the high fence topped with razor wire.
The Spanish Government, through the Ministry of the Interior, has announced its intention to remove the barbed wire called "concertina" from the border fences between Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco. This project could be carried out before the end of September 2019.
Due to the works at the Tarajal pass, the transit of all types of goods from Ceuta to Morocco by vehicles belonging to the "atypical trade" agreed by the authorities of the Kingdom will be suspended and for an indefinite period. Cross-border trade between Morocco and the autonomous city of Ceuta will not resume in September 2019, as the two parties had previously agreed.