The resumption of relations between Spain and Morocco, consecrated by the visit of Pedro Sanchez to Rabat in April, could revive the project to build a railway tunnel in the Strait of Gibraltar, on which the two countries have been working for decades.
The crisis between Algeria and Spain, opened after Spain’s support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, is far from over. Algeria no longer intends to maintain relations with the Executive of Pedro Sanchez and prefers to wait for a change of government in Spain.
The Spanish real estate company, Marina d’Or, which built the famous tourist and residential complexes in the 1990s, is claiming 407 million euros from Morocco as part of a settlement of disputes related to investments in the kingdom.
The National Intelligence Center (CNI) has assured that Morocco cannot put pressure on Pedro Sanchez with sensitive information it may have obtained after hacking his phone using the Pegasus spyware.
Spain has confirmed that it will not participate in the military exercises organized by the US and Moroccan armies, African Lion 2022, which will take place from June 20 to July 1 in Morocco and other African countries.
Spain has deployed more than 22,000 agents, including nearly 16,000 from the security forces and corps, to ensure the safety of people and property as part of Operation Marhaba, which started on Wednesday, June 15.
The Spanish rapper of Moroccan origin, Miss Raisa (Imane Raissali in civil status), received threats and sexist insults on social networks, after posting a video on Tik Tok to support the LGBTIQ+ collective.
The elements of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) proceeded on Tuesday, June 14 at the Tanger-Med port to the arrest of a Spanish national subject to an Interpol red notice. He would be a member of a criminal organization active between Spain and Latin American countries.
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, meets this Wednesday his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, at the ministry’s headquarters. Issues related to migration flows, police cooperation and the Marhaba Operation will be on the agenda of this meeting, which comes in the midst of a diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Spain.
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal network specialized in the trafficking of Moroccan hashish. In total, 32 people were arrested.
The Marhaba Operation is resuming this Wednesday, after two years of cancellation. It will allow more than three million Moroccans residing in Europe to join the kingdom via the Spanish ports to spend their summer holidays there. Nearly 150,000 passengers are expected at the port of Motril (Granada).
The Marhaba Operation, the largest migratory movement between Europe and Morocco, starts this Wednesday, June 15, after two years of cancellation. More than 15,000 Spanish security forces personnel have been mobilized for the occasion.