Since the beginning of this July, monstrous traffic jams have been recorded at the Ceuta border with Morocco. The authorities of the autonomous city are unable to manage the flow of Moroccans from Europe in transit to the kingdom as part of the Marhaba Operation.
On Friday, Morocco gave absolute priority to Moroccans in Europe arriving at the Sebta border as part of the Marhaba Operation, delaying access to Morocco for the residents of the autonomous city.
More than 411,000 Moroccans residing abroad and 102,000 vehicles have already transited through the Andalusian ports as part of the Marhaba Operation 2022, launched on June 15 after two years of cancellation due to the health and diplomatic crisis between Spain and Morocco.
A few weeks before taking office, the Moroccan consul in Mantes-la-Jolie is still without a consulate.
The Organizing Committee of the Marhaba Operation in Spain (CECOP) warns of a new risk of traffic jam of Moroccans living abroad at the Ceuta border.
Faced with the high number of passengers traveling to Morocco for Eid Al-Adha, the provincial commission of the Marhaba operation in Ceuta has decided to put in place a special system.
At the end of last May, Moroccans living abroad (MRE) transferred around 38.31 billion dirhams (MMDH) against 36.47 MMDH in the same period in 2021, according to the Office des Changes.
A Moroccan vlogger residing in Turkey says she is a victim of repeated domestic violence and is asking the Moroccan authorities for legal and social support.
More than 13,000 Moroccans from Europe embarked at the port of Malaga bound for Morocco in the first two weeks of the Marhaba 2022 Operation, an increase of 62.3% compared to the 2019 edition.
The port of Sebta remains overwhelmed by the flow of Moroccans from Europe coming from Algeciras to Morocco as part of the Marhaba Operation. Last weekend, some 90,000 MREs spent more than five hours waiting at the border of the autonomous city before entering Morocco.
A serious traffic accident occurred on Sunday on the A-92 motorway, near Moraleda de Zafayona (Granada). Two buses transporting Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) and a vehicle tried to avoid an animal that had entered the lane. The result, one dead and about forty injured.
Since Monday, Moroccans from Europe (MREs) arriving in Sebta with their vehicles to enter Morocco do not spend more than three hours in the waiting area before crossing the border. Last weekend, the waiting time reached twelve hours.