Pending the official announcement by Morocco and Spain of the organization of Operation Marhaba 2021, the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) is already preparing for its implementation under good conditions.
In Spain, four people were arrested following the dismantling of a cocaine manufacturing network specialized in the manufacture, production and trafficking of hard drugs partly destined for Morocco .
Zuhair Ahmed, a Spanish man of Moroccan origin living in Ceuta, is still in Syria. Unrepentant about his past as a jihadist, he recounts his story in a long interview with El País .
Many Moroccan migrants, like Tafik and Hassan, stranded in detention centers in the Canary Islands after arriving by boat and kayak, are expelled by flight each week to Laayoune. Yet they are ready to do anything to return to Spain, at the risk of their lives.
The Spanish Embassy in Rabat announced the organization on Saturday, March 27, of a new repatriation operation for the benefit of Spaniards and residents in Spain as well as vehicles registered in the European Union.
The Moroccan government wants to organize the Marhaba 2021 operation next summer. It has already informed the Spanish authorities.
FC Sevilla owes a debt of gratitude to Moroccan international Yassine Bounou, whose goal scored in the last minute, during the match against Real Vallaloid, allows the Andalusian club to remain in the race.
According to a study conducted by the COAG organization before the launch of the agricultural campaign in Spain, 81% of imported watermelons are Moroccan. For the organization, the liberalization of imports of this product through agreements between the EU and Morocco is at the root of the observed drop in prices.
Whether by land or sea, illegal or clandestine entries into Ceuta have increased sharply in recent weeks. This is the case of a young Moroccan, with only a child’s float as equipment, who, at the limit of his strength on the Chorillo beach, was rescued after a call from a citizen.
At the end of February 2021, the number of Moroccans affiliated with social security in Spain is 264,304, according to the Spanish Ministry of Integration, Social Security and Migration.
The airline Ryanair has just announced the launch this summer of a route between Rabat and Malaga. It also specifies that changes to flight bookings at the end of June for health reasons related to Covid-19 remain free of charge until the end of October.
Europe must make a realistic decision on the Sahara issue. This is what the former Spanish Foreign Minister, Ana Palacio, demands in an op-ed after the American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.