Hannan Serroukh, a Moroccan living in Barcelona, managed to escape a forced marriage in 1987 when she was only 14 years old. Since then, she has been fighting against this scourge that is plaguing Spanish society.
The reopening of the borders still does not benefit the merchants of Ceuta and Melilla who denounce the decision of Morocco to prohibit the passage of items purchased in the two autonomous cities, deploring a situation worse than before the return to normality.
The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced on Wednesday that he will make a visit to Morocco after the summer season, accompanied by Canarian businessmen and politicians. The opportunity will be seized to negotiate the resumption of the maritime line between Fuerteventura and Tarfaya, closed since 2008.
The Spanish justice system has confirmed the decision of the Andalusian court to reduce from 21 to 13 years the prison sentence of Naima, a woman of Moroccan origin who killed her husband by suffocating him with a scarf in Ceuta, in March 2019.
To prevent the entry into Morocco of people affected by monkeypox, exceptional health measures have been taken at the borders of Ceuta and Melilla.
In 2021, Morocco surpassed Spain and became the second largest supplier of tomatoes to the United Kingdom. A first.
The Polisario Front has been constantly threatening Spain since Pedro Sanchez decided to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara. These threats made in recent weeks by the leader of the Front, Brahim Ghali, must be taken very seriously by Spain, given the terrorist past of the separatist movement.
Operation Marhaba 2022 will generate 9 million euros for the province of Salamanca, particularly for the restaurants and hotels on the A-66 where Moroccans from France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Germany or the Netherlands stop before reaching Morocco.
The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stated that Spain will end up paying dearly for its change of position on the Sahara, hoping that the leader of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will correct the situation if he accesses the Moncloa in 2023.
Tension is also high between Morocco and Algeria. Abdelaziz Rahabi, former Algerian ambassador to Madrid, says that the causes that led to the crisis between the two countries are still present.
Fishing in Morocco is no longer profitable for Spanish fishermen, especially those from Cadiz. Of the 92 Spanish boats authorized to carry out fishing activities in Moroccan waters, barely half a dozen come from Cadiz.
The non-reactivation of goods traffic at the Ceuta border with Morocco is seriously affecting the economy of the autonomous city, which is still awaiting the creation of a commercial customs office to regain its status as a "commercial city".