Massive traffic jams of Moroccans from Europe arriving in Ceuta as part of Operation Marhaba have been recorded at the Tarajal border since the beginning of this July. The local authorities have taken urgent measures to avoid, it is said, these inconveniences. But they mainly count on the good collaboration of Morocco to quickly facilitate access to its territory.
Municipal and regional cleaning services have often criticized the Muslim community in Belgium for the large number of sheep carcasses in the streets the day after the celebration of Eid Al-Adha.
Tourism activity has picked up again in Morocco. An accelerated pace that even suggests exceeding pre-pandemic performance this summer. As of the end of June, the number of arrivals is up 5%, or 1,140,000 tourists compared to 1,092,000 during the same period in 2019.
Deputy and spokesman for Ceuta Ya!, Mohamed Mustafa, accused Balearia of raising ferry ticket prices in the midst of the Marhaba Operation.
Moroccans arriving in Melilla as part of the Marhaba Operation had to wait several hours at the Beni Ensar border on Monday before entering Morocco. The influx of arrivals remained high, although the day was a public holiday in the autonomous city due to the celebration of Eid Al-Adha.
Nearly 8,000 vehicles crossed the Tarajal border into Ceuta to enter Morocco, between Thursday and Sunday, as part of the Marhaba Operation. And the flow should be even higher in the coming days.
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.
The Spanish state will spend more than 26 million euros to facilitate the transit of Moroccans from Europe to Morocco via Spanish ports as part of the Marhaba 2022 Operation.
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.