The Vox party denounced on Monday the arrival of 293 migrants to the Canary Islands over the weekend, stressing that the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara, which ended the crisis with Morocco, has not yet changed the migration situation.
Spain’s change of position on the Sahara will delay the finalization of the work to expand the capacity of Medgaz , the gas pipeline that connects Algeria to Spain.
The number of domestic workers in Melilla has fallen by 80% since the closure of the border with Morocco, from 1,711 Moroccan women at the end of February 2020, to only 500 currently.
Arrived in Cadiz last month, Oussama Idrissi is already delivering very good performances. With his quality performances against Rayo, Atlético and Villarreal, the Moroccan has won the hearts of the Spanish club’s supporters.
Morocco has decided to end the ongoing legal action against the Spanish authorities, in particular against Camilo Villarino, the former chief of staff of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzales Laya, suspected of having coordinated the entry into Spain of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front.
The warming of relations between Spain and Morocco could favor the reopening of the Moroccan maritime borders with Ceuta and Melilla, and therefore the Marhaba Operation dedicated to Moroccans Residing Abroad. This is in fact one of the topics that will be on the agenda of the discussions between the head of Spanish diplomacy who will make a working visit to Rabat on April 1st and his Moroccan counterpart.
A Moroccan is accused of having harassed, beaten and raped his ex-wife in 2020 and 2021 in Palma. For these various crimes, the prosecution has requested a sentence of 22 years in prison against him.
A Moroccan detained at the Foreigners Detention Center (CIE) in Algeciras and awaiting deportation to Morocco, has been on a hunger strike for a month and a half to denounce his situation. His health having taken a serious blow, he needs medical care in a hospital. Associations have seized the Ombudsman for this purpose.
The letter from the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, to King Mohammed VI, in which he announced the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara , was written in French and then translated into Spanish.
After succeeding in obtaining Spain’s support for the Sahara autonomy plan , Morocco would have planned to let time pass before launching an offensive to recover Ceuta and Melilla.
Maritime traffic between Morocco and Spain should resume in early April, after two years of suspension. The first ferry will depart from the port of Tarifa to the port of Tangier on April 7.
The Spanish Association of Professors of International Law and International Relations (AEPDIRI) considers that Spain’s change of position on the Sahara is a "serious violation" of international law.