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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.
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Former Migrant Minor Stars in Spanish Film Highlighting Struggles of Young Immigrants
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.
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Cybercrime in Spain Rises 6.1%: Moroccan Nationals Among Top Foreign Suspects
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.
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Fact Check: Spain Not Paying Morocco 100 Million Euros for Rif War Compensation
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.
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Morocco Bolsters Military with French Caesar Guns, Raising Concerns in Spain
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.
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Polisario Front: Spain's Support for Morocco's Sahara Plan Hinders Conflict Resolution
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.
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Radicalized Moroccan Arrested in Spain for Plotting Terrorist Attack in Catalonia
The Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested in Empuriabrava (Girona) a young Moroccan awaiting deportation, accused of jihadist indoctrination and attempted terrorist attack in Catalonia.
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Spain Keeps Sanchez's Sahara Autonomy Letter to Morocco Confidential
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.
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Moroccan Striker En-Nesyri Faces Fan Backlash as Sevilla Struggles in La Liga
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.
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Migrant Arrivals to Canary Islands Slow as Morocco Tightens Controls
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.
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Decades-Long Sahara Dispute Fuels Morocco-Algeria Tensions, Impacts European Alliances
Relations between Algeria and Morocco have remained tense for nearly six decades due to their respective interests in controlling the Sahara.
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UN Envoy Barred from Algeria amid Sahara Dispute with Spain
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.