The General Directorate of Migration of the Spanish government has authorized the recruitment of 5,250 new Moroccan and Honduran seasonal workers to participate in the next strawberry and berry campaign in Huelva.
The police arrested on Wednesday in Gernika (Basque Country) a Moroccan accused of jihadist indoctrination. The defendant had been living in Biscay for several years and was in an irregular administrative situation.
Prosecuted for drug trafficking, 15 of the 16 members of the "Los Castaña" network, considered the largest in the strait, were acquitted by the provincial court of Cadiz. Only the group’s leader, Francisco "Isco" Tejón, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison for a crime against public health.
Maryame Atiq Ez-zity , 24, has just made her debut with the Moroccan women’s national football team. Born in Morocco, but residing in Veguellina (León) since the age of 5, she trained with the team of this city before joining the Atlas Lionesses.
The Spanish construction company Urbas has been ordered to pay a debt of 17.8 million euros in Morocco, as part of a procedure to buy the energy group Abengoa.
After a four-year suspension for doping, the Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin, Ilias Fifa, who resumed competition in May, has just won an international race with a time of 29 minutes and 39 seconds (over 9,900 meters).
In recent months, Spain has expelled without prior trial Moroccan imams accused of Salafism, including Mohamed Saïd Badaoui, Amarouch Azbi and Yahya Benaouda.
Faced with the persistence of Morocco’s claims on Ceuta and Melilla, Spain has decided to strengthen its presence in the waters of the two autonomous cities.
Spain is one point away from qualifying for the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar and could, if that happens, face Morocco.
Some 16,000 Moroccan minors who have reached the age of majority have obtained their residence and work permits in Spain. This is the result of the reform on the regulation of foreigners implemented over the past year.
The port authorities of the Andalusian ports, including those of Algeciras and Motril, took part in the 9th Spanish-Moroccan business meeting in the maritime, transport and logistics sector, held this week in Tangier.
Morocco continues to claim Spanish territories. In addition to Ceuta and Melilla, Rabat is now focusing on Spanish jurisdictional waters, including the Chafarinas Islands, Alborán and Perejil (Leila Islet), as well as the rocks of Al Hoceima and Vélez de la Gomera.