The number of Moroccans legally settled in Spain has slightly decreased during the first six months of this year, reaching 767,180 as of last July 1, according to figures provided by the Spanish authorities.
Spain is directly affected by the crisis between Algeria and Morocco, which led to the severance in August of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and the non-renewal at the end of October of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline that serves Spain.
The public prosecutor’s office of the Barcelona court has requested two years in prison against a Spanish internet user who disseminated false images on social networks with the aim of inciting violence against unaccompanied foreign minors. Moroccans were targeted.
While Spain refuses to recognize the use of chemical weapons during the Rif War, the Republican Left of Catalonia calls for compensation for the Moroccan victims of this conflict.
The closure of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla has caused a surge in Moroccan customs revenues. Proof that smuggling was really undermining the Moroccan economy.
Hamid Ben Daoud, the Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, who won the Valencia marathon last Sunday, December 5, with a time of 2:06:34, started from nothing to become today the record holder of the marathon in Spain.
The UDYCO of Estepona and Ceuta have dismantled a network trafficking Moroccan hashish destined for France. In total, 10 kilos of this drug, hidden in eggplant cartons, were seized and 3 individuals were arrested.
The Algeciras investigating court ordered the provisional detention of three Civil Guards accused of crimes against public health, corruption and membership in a criminal organization. They would be linked to drug traffickers in Morocco.
Saad Kataloni, 19, and Bouaza Ben Anaya are two Moroccans who have tried to immigrate to Spain at the risk of their lives. Today, they are convinced that this is not the best option in the face of the unemployment raging in Morocco.
Ayoub, a young Moroccan migrant, left Morocco by swimming to reach Ceuta, before returning to Spain. Here is his story.
Malika Talaa, a 50-year-old Moroccan living in the city of Peñaparda, has just won the Castilla y León prize for vocational training.
Moroccan Fikri Amellah Agharbi, considered one of the most important hashish and cocaine traffickers in the strait, and supplier of the Messi clan and Los Castaña, was arrested this week by the Spanish police.