The Spanish police arrested on Thursday two more of the 25 Moroccan migrants who escaped from Palma airport on November 5, after an emergency landing of the Air Arabia Maroc plane. In total, 21 migrants are already in prison and the remaining four are still being sought.
Moroccans living abroad (MRE), estimated at five million, of whom nearly a fifth are in Spain, have transferred a lot of funds to Morocco during the health crisis. By the end of October, these transfers had reached nearly 8 billion euros, an increase of 43.3% compared to 2020.
Some 2.5 tons of drugs were seized on Friday by the police and customs services of the city of Almeria, in southern Spain. The drug shipment came from Morocco.
Lahcen Achmine, a 46-year-old Moroccan, is now a frontline nurse against Covid-19 in Terrassa (Barcelona) and runs a multinational toy company. Before arriving in Spain, he was a volunteer for social actions and managed a construction company in Morocco.
Morocco is waiting for Spain to clearly display its position on certain priority issues for the kingdom, such as the Sahara, before any resumption of diplomatic relations.
One month after the closure of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline crossing Morocco, the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has increased by 50% in Spain, reaching 100 euros/MWh at the end of November compared to 66 euros/MWh a month earlier.
The national police arrested on Monday in Madrid a Moroccan, a VTC driver, who dragged the blind golfer, Marc Oller, for several meters, with his arm trapped in the car window. The driver refused to take him because he was accompanied by his guide dog.
Huelva is awaiting the arrival of the first Moroccan seasonal workers for the strawberry harvest, which usually starts at the end of this month. This year, the campaign has been delayed by the low temperatures recorded in the Spanish province.
Investigators from the Marbella (Malaga) police have new clues about the kidnapping of Jamal Bouaouiouich, the Dutch businessman of Moroccan origin. More than a year after the incident, they discovered that the victim’s car was being tracked.
Senator Carles Mulet (Compromís) has addressed a series of written questions to the government of Pedro Sánchez, following the publication of the report indicating that the kingdom is developing a "hybrid strategy" to definitively establish its sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla.
The Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, Hamid Ben Daoud, won the Valencia marathon on Sunday with a time of 2:06:34, equaling the record of Ayad Lamdassem, another Moroccan, set in 2020.
An "impressive fireball" flew over the Moroccan sky on Saturday, the Calar Alto observatory in Gérgal (Almería) announced on Sunday.