The Spanish police have dismantled a criminal network specializing in the forgery of documents for Moroccan businessmen, making them pass as entrepreneurs operating on Spanish territory. In total, eight people, including a lawyer from Granada, were arrested.
While the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity has set up a unique humanitarian system to welcome Moroccans living abroad (MREs) as part of the Marhaba 2022 operation, disruptions are observed at the ports of Algeciras and Ceuta. Enough to provoke the anger of the MREs.
Municipal police officers in Madrid were patrolling the Aguacate street in the Carabanchel neighborhood when they spotted three young people, two of whom were Moroccans, who were victims of a serious fire that broke out in a warehouse. Seriously injured, they were taken to the hospital. Their prognosis is engaged.
The Spanish police have managed to dismantle a network of traffickers who were about to use underwater drones to transport drugs from Morocco to Spain via the Strait of Gibraltar. In total, eight people were arrested and three devices seized as part of this operation.
Faced with international outrage after the Melilla assault, which cost the lives of about thirty migrants, Spain has tried to justify itself, arguing that the issue of the violation of human rights raised by the UN should be addressed to Morocco.
Less than a week before the celebration of Eid al-Adha in Morocco, the borders of Tarajal in Ceuta and Beni Ensar in Melilla are having difficulty managing the flow of Moroccans from Europe. The traffic jam was monstrous last weekend at the two borders, while the summer season is just beginning.
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, denied on Monday that the Marhaba Operation had caused a traffic jam in Ceuta last weekend, stressing that these were "occasional situations" and that measures have already been taken to "accelerate" the passage of vehicles and Moroccans living abroad (MRE).
More than 11,000 vehicles arrived in the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa between Friday and Sunday, a record influx since the start of Operation Marhaba on June 15.
Toufik Hakkar, CEO of the Sonatrach oil group, assures that no Algerian gas exported to Spain has been transferred to Morocco.
The flow of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) has increased by 50% at the port of Algeciras for this Operation Marhaba 2022. The Civil Guards in charge of passenger control estimate that the 5 additional agents sent as reinforcements are insufficient to manage such a large number of Moroccans abroad.
Former French Minister of Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, newly elected president of the association France terre d’asile, reacted to the tragedy in Melilla that left 37 dead.
The low cost of the crossing through Ceuta and the strict health and documentary checks at the Tarajal border constitute the two reasons for the significant influx of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) arriving in the autonomous city, causing a massive traffic jam at the border with Morocco.