The Civil Guard and the Special Division for Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime of the Polish Police (CBSP), in an operation coordinated by Eurojust and Europol, have dismantled a criminal organization that was transporting marijuana and Moroccan hashish from Spain to several European countries.
In Melilla , the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, added to the closure of the borders with Morocco, has paralyzed the activities of migrant women who practice prostitution as their only means of survival. This, despite the emergency plan put in place by the authorities.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, presented on Tuesday, at the Spanish Council of Ministers, the Strategy for Spain’s External Action for the period 2021/2024. This document, which will also be presented to the two chambers of the Spanish Parliament, emphasizes the importance of setting up "specific cooperation plans" with Morocco in areas of common interest.
Misfortune for a Moroccan, a candidate for immigration, who found himself exhausted in Ceuta while trying to reach Spain by swimming. He was accompanied by a boy who, he, was able to reach the shore before alerting the maritime security agents. For the moment, the searches have yielded nothing.
The president of the Fondation Mémoire des Andalous based in Rabat, Mohammed Najib Loubaris, in an official letter addressed to the President of the Spanish government, has requested the legal and symbolic recognition of the Moriscos and Andalusians who were expelled from the Iberian peninsula more than five centuries ago.
The Spanish police have dismantled a network based in Salamanca, specializing in fraud and document forgery for Moroccan candidates for illegal immigration.
Foreign Minister Arancha González-Laya appeared before Congress to present the state of the new relations between Spain and Gibraltar, a model she wishes to extend "to both sides of the strait", Ceuta and Melilla.
Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri offered himself, this Saturday, a new hat-trick with Seville against Cadiz. This achievement allows the Atlas Lion to take the lead over Argentine Messi and Spaniard Suarez in the Spanish championship.
The Morocco-Spain summit scheduled for December 17 last could be postponed again due to the health crisis related to the coronavirus. At least, that would be the official reason.
The port of Tanger Med, in northern Morocco, is positioning itself as the major competitor to the port of Algeciras in Spain. In 2020, container traffic reached 5.7 million TEUs for the port of Tanger Med, compared to a forecast of 5.2 million for the port of Algeciras.
Some 262,058 Moroccans affiliated with the social security system in Spain as of last December, according to figures from the Spanish Ministry of Integration, Social Security and Migration.
Morocco is putting pressure on the Spanish government to recognize its sovereignty over Western Sahara or, at least, publicly support, like France, the regional solution it advocates to resolve the conflict.