Morocco does not weaken in the face of Spain’s "provocations" which, in the face of this week’s migration flow, has summoned the kingdom’s ambassador to Madrid in rather undiplomatic terms. Returned to Rabat "this week" for "consultations", Nasser Bourita considered "it is important to speak directly about the current state of bilateral relations between Rabat and Madrid".
Aboubacar Barry, 19, is a young Sierra Leonean who was repatriated "by mistake" this week to Morocco, as part of the return of Moroccans who entered Ceuta in large numbers at the beginning of the week. He had been living in Casablanca for about four years before deciding on Sunday, May 2, to cross Ceuta to reach Spain.
Morocco has benefited from more than 100 million euros in aid from Spain between 2014 and 2019. Aid that has been used to modernize the institutions of the kingdom and to strengthen the education and health systems.
The body of a young Moroccan who was trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta was recovered from the sea last Thursday. The North Observatory of Human Rights (ONDH) is calling for an investigation to be opened.
Revelations published in a Spanish newspaper tend to prove that Spain wanted to avoid a diplomatic crisis with Morocco by considering transferring the Polisario leader Brahim Ghali to Portugal before authorizing his emergency admission to the hospital in San Millán de la city of Logroño under a false identity.
Wally, the young gray whale that had been observed in Morocco before getting lost in the Mediterranean is dying slowly off the coast of Majorca. Experts suggest euthanizing it.
Spain is preparing to reopen its borders to travelers vaccinated against Covid-19, starting June 7, 2021. The news was announced at the FITUR in Madrid by the Head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, who came to present the European digital green certificate.
Catalonia is willing to welcome the Moroccan minors stranded in Ceuta in recent days, Pere Aragonès, the newly elected president of the Generalitat, announced on Friday.
Beaten and thrown into the water, several migrants who arrived in Ceuta in recent days have been subjected to "inhuman" treatment. A video posted on social media on May 18 shows Spanish soldiers violently pushing them into the sea.
The reception of the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, by Spain was for "humanitarian reasons" and not to create a conflict between Spain and Morocco. This is what the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, explained in an interview.
Arancha González Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, says that the restoration of a normal relationship with Morocco requires a space for discretion. Despite a return to calm in Ceuta , tensions between the kingdom and Spain remain high.
Speaking on the diplomatic rift between Morocco and Spain, French diplomacy affirmed on Wednesday that the Kingdom of Morocco is a crucial partner of the European Union (EU) and essential for the French Republic. This was during a hearing of the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.