Amine Faqhi, 27, who died on January 11 during the cold wave, entered Spain using a photocopy of his brother Mohcine Faqhi’s passport. As a result, one was declared dead in place of the other.
The cities of Ceuta and Melilla have been under economic pressure from Morocco for years. Suffocated, they feel abandoned by the Spanish government. According to the local authorities of the two cities, it is time to consider viable solutions.
Wanted by the French authorities for common law offenses and illegal residence, Said Haddadi, a 25-year-old Moroccan, was extradited on Monday by the Catalan police. Seeking refuge in Spain, the individual had threatened to exterminate all the Mossos d’Esquadra with a Kalashnikov.
Seven former prisoners and activists of the Hirak movement, who had participated in the social protests in the Rif region in 2017, have emigrated to Spain. They reached the coasts of Granada in southern Spain on board two boats.
The chamber in charge of the trial of the 2017 Catalonia attacks has rejected the defense’s request for former commissioner José Villarejo to testify to confirm whether the mastermind of the group, the imam of Ripoll (Girona), Abdelbaki Es Satty, was a double agent working for the Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI) and the Moroccan secret services.
The head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, recognizes the strategic nature of his country’s relations with Morocco. The Spanish official has called on the international community to "relaunch negotiations" on the Moroccan Sahara under the auspices of the UN.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco remains one of the favorite destinations of Belgian nationals for their holidays.
A young Moroccan woman, tested positive for coronavirus, tried to take a flight to go to Morocco. She was apprehended by the national police at Malaga airport, in southern Spain.
The Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri is highly sought after by West Ham, whose 30 million euro proposal was rejected by FC Seville. The Spanish club is awaiting a new proposal, which should certainly come next weekend.
Ali El Aloui, a 34-year-old Moroccan living in Onda, returned the 1,550 euros he found in an ATM to the local police. This is not his first honest gesture.
Arrived in the Canary Islands in a boat, and locked up in the Foreigners Detention Center (CIE), a Moroccan reported to the competent court an alleged police assault he would have suffered in the toilets of the premises where undocumented migrants are detained.
The launch of a direct maritime link between Melilla and Algeria is on the right track. Several employers’ organizations and local politicians support the project with the central authorities in Madrid, in order to accelerate its implementation.