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Moroccan Man Arrested in Spain for Attempted Child Abduction and Death Threats
The local police in Murcia have arrested a 35-year-old Moroccan national who allegedly threatened to kill his ex-partner and tried twice to kidnap their daughter.
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Migrants Found Hidden in Scrap Metal Truck Bound for Spain
5 Moroccans, including a minor, were arrested in Melilla. The young people were hiding at the risk of their lives, in a truck that was about to board for the peninsula.
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Stranded Moroccan Expats Await Border Reopening in Spanish Enclaves
Parliamentarians Teresa López and Yolanda Merelo are asking the government for explanations on the situation of Moroccans residing abroad who came from Europe with their vehicles and are now stranded in Ceuta and Algeciras, waiting for the opening of the Moroccan borders.
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Moroccan Farmworkers in Spain Face COVID-19 Risks Amid Harvest Season
In this period of health crisis, the living conditions of temporary workers, especially Moroccans, deserve special attention in order to avoid the spread of the virus.
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Moroccan Man Faces 12-Year Sentence for Alleged Marital Rape in Seville
Twelve years in prison. This is the sentence requested by the Seville prosecutor’s office against a Moroccan accused of raping his wife, who is used to suffering his "continuous physical and verbal attacks."
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Moroccan Defender Zouhair Feddal Set to Join Sporting Lisbon in €3M Deal
Moroccan player Zouhair Feddal will play next season with the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon. The final details of his transfer have been settled with Betis Seville, a first division club in the Spanish championship.
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Spain Prepares for Annual Moroccan Diaspora Transit as Border Opening Awaited
Spain is ready for the Marhaba operation as soon as Morocco decides to open its borders, through which nearly three million Moroccans residing abroad, mainly in Europe, pass each year.
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Spanish Strawberry Farms Reconsider Moroccan Labor After Border Crisis
Strawberry producers in the province of Huelva are considering suspending temporary contracts for the next season. The situation of the 7,100 Moroccan seasonal workers, blocked for nearly a month in the province due to the closure of the Moroccan borders, to which no alternative solution could be found, would be at the origin of the decision.
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Spain Considers PCR Test Requirement for Travelers from High-Risk Countries
Travelers from countries with very high covid-19 infection rates must present the results of a PCR test upon arrival in Spain. Is Morocco one of these countries?
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Moroccan Immigrants Lead in Spanish Citizenship Grants in Aragon Region
According to the National Institute of Statistics, 2,196 foreigners residing in the Aragon region, including 1,046 men and 1,150 women, obtained Spanish nationality in 2019, 632 people less than in 2018 (2,828). A majority of them are of Moroccan origin.
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Stranded at Sea: French Financier and Daughters Caught in Morocco's Border Closure
Leaving for vacation in Morocco, the country of origin of his wife, on July 6, Rodolphe Pedro, the man nicknamed the "financier of the suburbs" for having created a finance university in Lyon to help young people from the suburbs, is stuck off Rabat with his two daughters due to the closure of borders.
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US Naval Base Relocation to Morocco Sparks Concern in European Parliament
Initially considered rumors, the fears of the Spanish authorities that the US naval base in Rota would be moved to Morocco are being confirmed. In a letter to the European Commission, a Member of the European Parliament has pleaded for the US military not to move to Morocco.