The balance of tourists seems to have been reversed in 2018 between Morocco and Spain. More than 900,000 Moroccan travelers chose the Iberian neighbor for their holidays, while only 800,000 Spaniards set foot on Moroccan soil.
20,000 Moroccan seasonal workers have gone to work in the strawberry fields this year, under an agreement between Morocco and Spain. To make up for the labor shortage, the province of Segovia, in the center of the country, has offered 268 employment contracts.
A Spanish photographer, reportedly close to the Polisario Front according to some media sources, was asked to leave Laâyoune, heading to Agadir, as she did not have the proper authorizations for what she was actually coming to do.
Toni Roderic, one of the leaders of the Spanish Green party, becomes Jamal. He came to Morocco last weekend. And he went to visit the Zawiya Boutchichiya.
90% of "Dacia" cars stolen in Spain end up in Morocco with forged documents. Several major Moroccan criminal networks specialize in car theft, forging the documents before reselling them in Morocco to be transformed into taxis.
More than 25,000 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2018, making them by far the largest foreign community in the country.
Amancio Ortega, founder of "Zara" and incidentally a multi-billionaire, is accused of exploiting Moroccan labor. His seamstresses are paid less than $178 per month, for 65 hours of work per week.
Moroccans are not treated the same way as other undocumented immigrants in the Detention Centers for Foreigners (CIE) in Spain. This is revealed by the annual report published by the Jesuit Service for Migrants-Spain (Sjme).
Passenger transport companies between Morocco and Europe have recently decided to organize a one-week strike to protest against the recent directives of the European and more specifically Spanish customs services.
The Catholic Church of the Maghreb announced the death of a Spanish Franciscan priest. The latter was crushed last Thursday by the metal door of a convent garage, in Tetouan, in northern Morocco.
An activist of the Rif Hirak named Mohamed Mekouh has just left Morocco, heading for Europe, after being arrested twice and once pardoned by King Mohammed VI.
The alleged killer of a young Moroccan in Spain has been arrested by the police. The two young men had had a rather lively discussion yesterday afternoon and the aggressor dealt him three fatal knife blows before fleeing.