Seven former prisoners and activists of the Hirak movement, who had participated in the social protests in the Rif region in 2017, have emigrated to Spain. They reached the coasts of Granada in southern Spain on board two boats.
The chamber in charge of the trial of the 2017 Catalonia attacks has rejected the defense’s request for former commissioner José Villarejo to testify to confirm whether the mastermind of the group, the imam of Ripoll (Girona), Abdelbaki Es Satty, was a double agent working for the Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI) and the Moroccan secret services.
The head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, recognizes the strategic nature of his country’s relations with Morocco. The Spanish official has called on the international community to "relaunch negotiations" on the Moroccan Sahara under the auspices of the UN.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco remains one of the favorite destinations of Belgian nationals for their holidays.
A young Moroccan woman, tested positive for coronavirus, tried to take a flight to go to Morocco. She was apprehended by the national police at Malaga airport, in southern Spain.
The Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri is highly sought after by West Ham, whose 30 million euro proposal was rejected by FC Seville. The Spanish club is awaiting a new proposal, which should certainly come next weekend.
Ali El Aloui, a 34-year-old Moroccan living in Onda, returned the 1,550 euros he found in an ATM to the local police. This is not his first honest gesture.
Arrived in the Canary Islands in a boat, and locked up in the Foreigners Detention Center (CIE), a Moroccan reported to the competent court an alleged police assault he would have suffered in the toilets of the premises where undocumented migrants are detained.
The launch of a direct maritime link between Melilla and Algeria is on the right track. Several employers’ organizations and local politicians support the project with the central authorities in Madrid, in order to accelerate its implementation.
The FRS group has initiated the renewal of its identity across all its subsidiaries while keeping its institutional colors (red and white), as well as the dolphin as a characteristic element. Its new ships will also be dressed in this new image during this year.
The aid granted by the Spanish government to Morocco in the fight against irregular migration is controversial. The Spanish justice has just dismissed two NGOs protesting against the allocation of funds to Morocco as part of this migration fight.
The relationship between Morocco and Spain benefits from a solidity in view of the seriousness and the great ambitions that characterize them. The Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, stressed that the two states are "reliable partners for a long time".