The Court of First Instance in Seville ordered the eviction of a Moroccan with cancer on Friday, after rejecting his lawyer’s request to suspend the eviction procedure for humanitarian reasons.
Morocco has reinforced security in recent weeks on its coastal area adjacent to the Tarajal beach, through which thousands of migrants had invaded the enclave of Sebta on May 17 and 18. The Royal Gendarmerie has reinforced its side of the jetty by installing new barbed wire.
A group of 31 Moroccan minors taken care of by the Ceuta government embarked on Wednesday for Galicia (20) and Extremadura (11) as part of the operation to distribute 200 Moroccan migrants, coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs with the communities of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
Family reunifications of Moroccan minors with their families in Morocco are rare after the outbreak of the migration crisis that opened in May with the massive arrival of migrants in Ceuta . Some Moroccan families even advise their children not to return to Morocco where the social situation is described as "not very flattering".
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has refused to provide the media with information on the 30 million euro aid granted to Morocco as part of the fight against illegal immigration, arguing that the publication of this data would undermine the "mutual trust" between the two countries, which are already going through a major diplomatic crisis.
Moroccans will not go to Spain this year. The some 20% of Moroccans who usually spend their summer vacations in this country have decided to boycott this destination, resulting in an estimated loss of more than 3 billion dirhams for the Spanish tourism industry.
A Moroccan man was arrested on Wednesday in Barbastro, Spain, for stabbing his ex-wife, also of Moroccan origin, to death. The couple’s three minor children witnessed the murder.
A suspected Moroccan jihadist was arrested by national police officers in Santa Olalla (Toledo), as he would pose a threat to public security. His arrest surprised the inhabitants of the city.
The PP and the PSOE, in a joint proposal filed on Tuesday with the Foreign Affairs Committee of Congress, called on the Spanish government to promote and strengthen its relations with Morocco, particularly in the areas of security and immigration.
The firefighters of Ceuta have issued an "urgent" call to the population and institutions for the proper evacuation of Moroccan gas bottles, abandoned in the city since the closure of the borders, in order to avoid any explosion.
The Spanish and Moroccan armed forces are participating, from June 28 to July 10, in the military exercise Sea Breeze, organized by the United States and Ukraine with the support of NATO in the Black Sea region. Maneuvers that will bring the two countries closer together, which have been going through a serious diplomatic crisis since April.
Algeria has taken precautions in case Morocco does not renew the concession contract for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, whose expiration is due in November, says Toufik Hakkar, the CEO of the Algerian gas company (Sonatrach).