Morocco has only sent the files of 75 minors out of the 1,300 who arrived in Ceuta last May. It is up to the Spanish government to decide whether or not to initiate the repatriation procedure for these minors.
Officially started in Dakar, Senegal on March 11, the multinational maritime exercise Obangame Express 2022 sees the participation of naval units from the United States, Morocco, Spain and Gambia.
Sana Khouja , a young Moroccan-born businesswoman, has broken racial, economic and gender barriers to make her mark in the Spanish wine industry. In 2019, she created Zeena, her organic wine brand packaged in a 100% recyclable aluminum can.
Spain could do without Algeria, which has gone from being the Iberian peninsula’s main gas supplier to its second supplier. It is now surpassed by the United States, after the closure of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline crossing Morocco. Madrid is now reducing its dependence on Algerian gas.
General Fernando Alejandre Martínez, former Chief of the Defense Staff, believes that Morocco does not currently represent a direct threat to Spain and denounces the Spanish government’s policy of "turning its back on Morocco".
National police and Mossos d’Esquadra agents dismantled a criminal group specialized in the manufacture of counterfeit 50 and 20 euro banknotes. Fourteen people, including Moroccans, were arrested in this operation coordinated by Europol.
A Moroccan, a security guard at a nightclub in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid, allegedly killed a customer last week while trying to defend a waitress. He was arrested on Friday and placed in pre-trial detention.
The president of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Melilla (CEME-CEOE), Enrique Alcoba, believes that the pandemic "has been the perfect excuse" for Morocco to achieve its goal of "economically suffocating Ceuta and Melilla".
The judge in charge of the Brahim Ghali case, Rafael Lasala, has just ordered the police to investigate the identity of the person responsible who coordinated the entry of the Polisario Front leader into the Zaragoza air base last April.
A Bonelli’s eagle, ringed in the Aude in 2019 and equipped with a beacon, was found dead near Perpignan after an incredible journey that took it to Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Mauritania.
The Vox party has denounced "the economic blackmail and demographic pressure" of Morocco which "prepares and organizes the assaults at its convenience". It also accuses the Spanish government of not properly fulfilling its mission of protecting the borders.
Spanish exports of automotive components to Morocco fell by -1.2% in 2021 compared to 2019, according to data from the Spanish Association of Automotive Component Producers (SERNAUTO).