The A-66 motorway, one of the main roads used each summer by Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to reach Morocco, is one of the most affected by the cancellation of the Marhaba Operation 2021.
During an emergency session held this Saturday in Cairo, the Arab Parliament once again rejected the resolution of the European Parliament against Morocco . It denounced its "interference" and its "insistence" on intervening in a bilateral crisis between the kingdom and Spain.
Racist attacks against Moroccans continue in Murcia. Unlike the political authorities who do not seem to grasp the situation, despite the case of Younes Bilal, victim of a racist crime on June 13 in Mazarron, migrant associations are multiplying demonstrations. After those on Friday in Murcia, others are planned for tomorrow Sunday in Cartagena.
The reception in Spain, for humanitarian reasons, of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front has heavy economic consequences for the northern neighbor excluded from the Marhaba operation, which marks the return of millions of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to Morocco by road.
The United States has warned Spain of the security dangers, particularly terrorism, that await it if the crisis with Morocco is not resolved. This is the essence of a meeting between Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaskaa and US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
The mother of Wafaa, the young woman murdered 18 months ago in Carcaixent (province of Valencia) and whose body was found on Wednesday, June 16 in a well, is having a hard time accepting this harsh reality, even after the DNA tests carried out by the police on the remains. She is demanding life imprisonment for the perpetrator of this crime, an obsessed friend.
The head of government Saädeddine El Othmani is playing the card of firmness towards Spain. He states that "the supreme interests of Morocco are a red line".
No improvement in sight for relations between Morocco and Germany. The Moroccan authorities have just announced that they have interrupted all police cooperation with their German counterparts .
A Moroccan athlete, another from León (northeast Spain), a candidate for the Olympic Games, and a nurse working in a health center, were arrested on Wednesday by members of the Central Unit dedicated to crime. They are accused of conspiracy and illegal use of doping substances for sports practice.
The Stop Racism platform in the Murcia region will organize protest movements this weekend against the exacerbation of racist and xenophobic crimes and acts in Spain. The demonstrations will take place in Murcia and Cartagena.
The European Union’s sanctions condemning Morocco for allegedly allowing a mass influx of migrants into Ceuta on May 17 and 18 are feared to provoke a reaction from the kingdom and do not help ease tensions with Spain.
Several hundred kilograms of cannabis resin from Morocco, packaged in the shape of tomatoes, were intercepted last week on the A63 in Castets (Landes), according to the Dax customs brigade.