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Moroccan Man Rescued After 25-Meter Fall in La Coruña, Spain
A man of Moroccan origin, who fell into a rocky area of La Coruña, in northern Spain, was rescued on Sunday by firefighters, the local police and the city’s health services.
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Spanish Judge Seeks to Question Imprisoned Moroccan Jihadist in France Over ISIS Roles
Judge of the Audiencia Nacional, Santiago Pedraz, is asking France for authorization to question Loubna Fares, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin married to a jihadist and arrested in 2019, as part of the investigation against the two Spanish women repatriated from a Syrian camp in January.
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Passengers Block Plane Takeoff to Prevent Migrant Deportation in Canary Islands
Passengers on a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) plane bound for Casablanca blocked the takeoff of the aircraft from the tarmac of Gran Canaria airport on Saturday to prevent the expulsion of a sub-Saharan migrant of Guinean origin.
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Morocco Expels Spanish Human Rights Lawyers from Western Sahara
The Moroccan authorities have expelled from the Sahara Lola Travieso and Inés Miranda, two Spanish lawyers who went to Laâyoune from the Canary Islands on a mission to observe and verify the respect of human rights of the Sahrawi population.
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Morocco and Spain Negotiate Legal Framework for Repatriation of Unaccompanied Minors from Ceuta
Morocco and Spain are studying the ways and means to ensure the repatriation, with "all legal guarantees", of the some 137 unaccompanied Moroccan minors still staying in the reception centers of Ceuta.
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Spanish MEPs Urge EU Action Against Morocco Over Ceuta and Melilla Dispute
Spanish MEPs Maite Pagaza and Jordi Cañas (again!) have called on the European Union to react to Morocco’s statements on the Spanish sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla . They call on the EU to revise the European partnership in the face of Morocco’s hostile acts.
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Elderly Moroccan Man Stranded in Ceuta, Desperate to Return Home
A Moroccan man about 90 years old has been wandering the streets of Ceuta since May 25, in the hope of crossing the border to return to Morocco. Probably mentally ill, his situation does not seem to concern the authorities of the city or even on the Moroccan side.
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Moroccan Grandparents Fight for Custody of Grandson After Daughter's Murder in Spain
It has already been seven months since the parents of Imane Saadaoui , the young Moroccan woman killed by her husband in Valencia, have been waiting to obtain custody of their grandson, placed in a minor center after the death of his mother in November.
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Spain Rebukes Morocco's Claim on Ceuta and Melilla in Diplomatic Spat
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a diplomatic note to the Rabat embassy in Madrid to reproach Morocco for stating in a letter to the European Commission that Sebta and Melilla are "Moroccan" cities.
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Spanish Police Capture Moroccan Fugitive Wanted for Murder and Trafficking
A man wanted by Morocco was arrested by the Spanish police in Tarragona, in the north of the country, following an international arrest warrant issued by the public prosecutor’s office of the Court of Appeal of Nador.
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Spanish Police Bust Highway Robbery Ring Targeting Moroccan Travelers
The Civil Guard has dismantled a network of criminals specialized in highway robberies on the A-7, between Malaga and Granada. Moroccans residing abroad have been victims of this. In total, four criminals, including Moroccans, were arrested.
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Fatal Crash on Spain's N-340 Highway Claims Life of Moroccan Resident
A Moroccan resident in Barbate died as a result of a traffic accident that occurred on Monday on the N-340, between Tarifa and Algeciras, and also left two injured.