The number of immigration candidates, dead or missing at sea while trying to reach Spain on pateras or boats, reached nearly 2,100 (2,087) in the first half of 2021, almost equaling the record of 2020 (2,170).
The officials of the Cabezo de Torres mosque in Murcia discovered xenophobic graffiti on the walls and a pig’s head placed at the entrance of the place of worship early this Wednesday morning.
The municipal council of Tudela, in northern Spain, has awarded a certificate of recognition to Redouane Hamdai, a 15-year-old boy who saved the life of a drunken man who fell into the Ebro on June 23.
The strategic recovery plan for Ceuta to counter the economic blockade imposed by Morocco, proposed by the city’s president, Juan Vivas, will be submitted for approval to the plenary session before being sent to the Spanish government. Among other things, it provides for the integration of Ceuta into the EU customs union.
A mini heat dome is announced in Morocco and Spain at the end of the week. Temperatures will reach 48°C in Andalusia and in part of the Kingdom.
The body of Hassna A., the Moroccan woman stabbed to death by her ex-husband on Wednesday in Barbastro, will be repatriated this Tuesday from Barcelona airport to Morocco.
The Salvados TV crew, which was preparing a report on the 28 victims of the flooding that occurred last February in an illegal textile workshop in Tangier, was expelled from Morocco by the police on Monday for lack of authorizations. Journalist Fernando González, known as "Gonzo", the presenter of the program, explained in a video posted on his Twitter account the reasons for this expulsion.
The far-right party Vox is asking the Spanish government not to transfer the 30 million euros in aid, approved by the Council of Ministers in the wake of the migration crisis in Ceuta , and intended to strengthen the capacities of the Moroccan police forces in the fight against illegal immigration.
The trial of a Spaniard, prosecuted for exploiting a Moroccan worker and a presumed crime against workers’ rights, is due to open this Wednesday, July 7 at the provincial court of Ciudad Real. He faces three years in prison for having exploited him for three years on his farm in Socuéllamos.
Portugal has provided explanations regarding the delay in launching the Portimão-Tanger Med maritime line, initially scheduled for early July. Morocco has associated the French, Portuguese and Italian ports with the Marhaba 2021 operation to the detriment of Spain , its traditional partner.
A narco-drone loaded with cannabis from the Moroccan Rif to transport it to the Andalusian beaches was seized in Andalusia. In total, about ten people were arrested in Orléans and Spain.
Morocco has excluded Spanish ports from the Marhaba Operation for the second consecutive year. With this situation, the A-1 motorway, which is one of the most used by Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to reach Morocco through the border of the Basque Country (Bilatu) and Catalonia (La Junquera), is desperately empty.