A young Moroccan couple, on their honeymoon in a hotel in Saragossa, Spain, found themselves at the police station on December 30, after the 33-year-old man was accused of assaulting his 24-year-old wife.
The design and construction of a patrol vessel by Navantia for the benefit of Morocco is progressing at a steady pace. The Spanish government is keen to deliver this ship to the kingdom as soon as possible.
Illegal immigration to Spain has dropped sharply in 2022, particularly since the end of the diplomatic crisis and the resumption of relations with Morocco.
The first baby of 2023 in Tarragona is Moroccan and is named Yasmine. 40% of babies in this Spanish province have foreign-born parents.
Long queues have been observed at the Ceuta border with Morocco, causing a considerable slowdown in traffic. The situation is denounced by the residents of the autonomous city on social networks.
Births have fallen by a third in Melilla since the closure in March 2020 of the border with Morocco due to the Covid-19 health crisis, and then the requirement of a visa for Moroccan travelers after the reopening of the border in May.
The fateful moment of the penalty shootout between Spain and Morocco in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar broke the audience record in Spain. In total, 12.6 million people were glued to their screens on the evening of December 6 when Spain lost to Morocco.
The administrative chamber of the National Court acquitted a man of Moroccan origin and his Mexican wife, arrested in 2016 for jihadist terrorism and held in custody. They will be compensated for this period of deprivation of liberty and the resulting prejudices and damages.
Aided by the Moroccan police, the Spanish police managed to dismantle an organization specialized in the manufacture of false files to regularize Moroccan citizens in Spain who present themselves as descendants of Spanish Sahrawis.
In Madrid, a 35-year-old Moroccan woman is in a coma after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. A couple of fake Brazilian doctors, responsible for this medical error, have been arrested.
Two Britons were arrested in Spain with a cargo of 4.4 tons of Moroccan cannabis destined for Latin America.
In 2021, some 42,000 Moroccans became Spanish citizens , thus becoming one of the first communities in the country to obtain it.