The Provincial Court of Huelva acquitted the manager of an agricultural farm in Moguer (Huelva) tried on February 25 for alleged crimes of harassment and sexual abuse on four Moroccan seasonal workers. The prosecution had requested four years in prison against him.
The Canary Islands and Ceuta are overwhelmed by the unaccompanied minors arriving from Morocco. Together with the government, they have agreed to transfer 400 minors to the peninsula this year, where 374 others are still staying in children’s centers.
The Civil Guard dismantled on Tuesday in the Campo de Gibraltar a hashish trafficking network from Morocco. In total, 20 people were arrested.
Over 1 million (1,039,559) Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) have crossed the strait between June 15 and July 25 as part of Operation Marhaba.
The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) has assured that the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa (Cadiz) are ready to welcome Moroccans from Europe for the return phase of the Marhaba Operation, which starts on Friday.
With a 45% increase in the flow of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) this year compared to 2019, causing massive traffic jams at the Tarajal border, the government delegation of Ceuta plans to make arrangements to welcome one million MRE as part of the Marhaba Operation 2023.
Morocco faces financial sanctions of around 23 billion dirhams for not having respected its commitments towards many foreign investors over the past decade.
The authorities of Melilla have installed a giant 350-meter tent near the border with Morocco and increased the number of public toilets in order to improve the reception conditions for Moroccans living abroad as part of the Marhaba Operation.
The authorities of Ceuta decided on Monday to allocate 5.5 million euros to care for the 302 Moroccan minors who arrived in the city in May 2021 and who are still staying in the minors’ centers.
The High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) has confirmed the conviction of three Moroccans (two men and a woman) to eight years in prison for trafficking migrants to Melilla.
The Ceuta Global Yachting company is promoting the autonomous city as a nautical destination in the marinas in the south of the peninsula and on the Moroccan coast.
The flow of Algerian gas to Spain has not been interrupted "at any time", assures the Spanish company Enagás, after the Algerian company Sonatrach announced on Sunday the reduction of the flow due to an incident "on the Spanish side" of the Medgaz, the gas pipeline that connects the two countries.