A 10-year-old Moroccan girl, Israe, suffering from Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, was able to be operated on at the HM Nou Delfos hospital in Barcelona thanks to the fundraising initiated by her parents in Morocco.
Spain is concerned about Morocco’s agricultural development in the Sahara. The kingdom plans to use 5,000 hectares of greenhouses in this region over the next decade to compete with Murcia and Almeria in the European fruit and vegetable market.
The diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain is at its core a crisis of confidence that must be quickly overcome to allow the two countries, condemned to cooperate, to effectively face their common challenges.
The Portuguese Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has located two Italian minors kidnapped in France last year by their father. The latter was trying to bring them back to Morocco after refusing to entrust them to the French social services.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, stated on Wednesday that the Spanish sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla "is not threatened and will not be".
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Luis Planas, and the current ambassador to France, José Manuel Albares, could join the next government of Pedro Sánchez expected in mid-July. The two personalities are announced at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a possible replacement for Arancha González Laya, whose popularity is at its lowest.
A new maritime line will connect the port of Portimão in Portugal to the port of Tanger Med to facilitate the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs). The first trips could start at the end of this month of June.
Gaitha El Kharraz, a young athlete of Moroccan origin, has just obtained Spanish nationality, after a long uphill battle during which she was unable to win medals despite her good performances.
Around 810 Moroccan minors would still be in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to local authorities. These minors are currently housed in reception centers.
The participation of Podemos leaders in the "March for Freedom" in support of the Sahrawi people, which took place on Saturday in Madrid, has revived tensions between Spain and Morocco. For the Moroccans, it is a "provocation".
Spain sold defense equipment (grenades, explosives, detonators, etc.) to Morocco for a total value of 12.5 million euros in 2020, according to a report by the Secretary of State for Trade.
The Spanish government has remained laconic in its written response to the opposition’s questions seeking clarification on the humanitarian reception in Spain of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, and on the diplomatic crisis with Morocco.