
Spain Sees 41% Surge in Extradition Requests, Morocco Among Top Applicants
The number of arrest warrants and extradition requests has increased in Spain by 41% in 2021 compared to 2020. Morocco is one of the main applicants.

The number of arrest warrants and extradition requests has increased in Spain by 41% in 2021 compared to 2020. Morocco is one of the main applicants.

Hassan El Boujaddaini, a former migrant minor, plays the lead role in the short film "Todo va bien", a film that tells the reality of migrant minors in Spain and the difficulties they encounter once they become adults and are expelled from the centers for minors.

The rate of cybercrime in Spain increased by 6.1% in 2021 compared to 2020. Several people, including Moroccans, have been arrested and are under investigation for this offense.

Messages circulating on social media in recent times claim that Spain will pay 100 million euros to Morocco as compensation for the Rif War. This would be a hoax.

Morocco has recently received its first French Caesar self-propelled guns, after the drones and other defense systems acquired from China, Turkey and Israel. This continued rearmament of the kingdom worries the Spanish press, which laments the stagnation of Spain in this area.

The Polisario Front believes that Spain’s decision to support Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara "complicates everything," in the sense that it does not contribute to a solution to the conflict.

The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested in Empuriabrava (Girona) a young Moroccan awaiting deportation, accused of jihadist indoctrination and attempted terrorist attack in Catalonia.

The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs still keeps secret the letter from Pedro Sanchez addressed on March 14 to King Mohammed VI in which he expressed his support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara.

No luck for Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri who, for his first home start of the season, was booed and whistled by the supporters, during the match that pitted FC Seville against FC Barcelona as part of the 4th day of La Liga.

Fewer Moroccan migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands since the end of the diplomatic crisis between Spain and Morocco. The flow increased by only 15% by the end of August 2022 compared to the same period last year, when a 115% increase had been recorded compared to 2020.

Relations between Algeria and Morocco have remained tense for nearly six decades due to their respective interests in controlling the Sahara.

Algeria has asked Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy for the Sahara, on a mission in the region, not to land on its territory with the military aircraft provided by Spain, which has already recognized the Moroccanness of the Sahara.