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Morocco Seals Borders with Spanish Enclaves to Combat Coronavirus Spread
Morocco closed its borders with the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla early this Friday morning to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Stranded Algerians Seek Help as Morocco-Algeria Flights Suspended Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
While Morocco and Algeria have "mutually" suspended their air links, in order to effectively deal with the spread of the coronavirus, about a hundred Algerian passengers are stuck in the kingdom.
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Morocco Temporarily Reopens Ceuta and Melilla Borders for Stranded Travelers
After deciding on Thursday, March 12, to suspend all air and sea links with Spain due to the coronavirus, Morocco has exceptionally planned to open two border crossings on Friday evening.
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Morocco Reports Seventh Coronavirus Case as Infections Rise
Morocco confirmed a new case of coronavirus infection on Friday, March 13, 2020.
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Royal Air Maroc Suspends All Flights to Spain Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is far from done canceling its flights to destinations heavily exposed to the coronavirus. It announced on Thursday the suspension of all its flights to and from Spain, until further notice, to remain in line with the preventive measures taken by the Moroccan authorities.
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Moroccan Expat, 65, Arrested at Border Crossing with Nearly 12,000 Psychotropic Pills
A 65-year-old individual was apprehended in Bab Sebta on Thursday for his alleged involvement in an attempted drug and psychotropic trafficking case.
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Border Closure Leaves Thousands of Moroccan 'Mule Women' Jobless in Ceuta
The closure of the Ceuta border crossing, by unilateral decision of Morocco, is already having a negative impact on the Moroccan population. About 3,000 goods carriers (mule women) find themselves unemployed due to the decline in trade in the town of Fnideq, as well as in the Spanish enclave.
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Morocco Halts Air and Sea Travel with Spain Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Morocco has just decided, in consultation with the Spanish authorities, to suspend, until further notice, air flights and passenger maritime traffic to and from Spain.
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High-Speed Mediterranean Drug Chase Leaves Two Dead, Two Hospitalized
Two Spanish nationals of Moroccan origin were killed in a high-speed chase with police in the Mediterranean. They were transporting drugs on a boat that also contained two other individuals.
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Moroccan Expats Rush to Leave Spain as Coronavirus Cases Surge
The outbreak of the new Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Spain and catching the authorities off guard. Infectious outbreaks have developed in all corners of the country.
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British-Moroccan Couple Arrested at Spanish Port with €100,000 in Attempted Bribery Scheme
A British national and his Moroccan-born wife, apparently in a hurry to make the crossing, tried to bribe a Spanish police officer to avoid the control at the port of Tarifa .
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Morocco Sets Up Crisis Cells for Nationals in Spain Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Crisis cells have been set up at the level of the Moroccan consular representations in Spain, in order to receive communications from Moroccan nationals in connection with the Coronavirus epidemic.