The "Strait Crossing" operation (OPE), overseen by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, is in full swing. Between June 15 and July 26, more than one million people, exactly 1,020,606 people, crossed from Spain to Morocco, a figure up 6.1% from the previous year. And there could be a lot of people this weekend.
A 28-year-old British citizen was arrested by the Guardia Civil, following an attempted murder on a Moroccan in Santa Ponsa (Balearics).
Un Marocain de Huesca (Aragon) est décédé mercredi après une chute de deux mètres de hauteur, alors qu’il effectuait des travaux de réhabilitation sur le toit d’une vieille maison dans la commune d’Albelda.
The Spanish Defense Ministry’s Española de Defensa magazine, in its July-August 2023 issue, publishes an article on the air surveillance squadron (EVA 11) located in Cadiz in southern Spain, near northern Morocco.
Spanish farmers are asking the European Union (EU) to require compliance with EU standards on the use of pesticides by third countries, including Morocco. An appeal made following the recent withdrawal from the Spanish market of a batch of Moroccan watermelons containing high levels of methomyl, a pesticide not authorized in the EU.
The Audiencia Nacional will authorize on Monday the extradition of a Moroccan wanted by the judicial authorities of Nador for document forgery and membership in a criminal organization.
The Spanish government has activated an emergency plan as part of Operation Marhaba 2023 to prevent lithium-ion and hybrid electric vehicle battery fires on ferries.
The Moroccan woman who tried to kill her three children in Fitero (Navarre) would suffer from mental disorders, according to her husband.
As of July 23, more than 900,000 (932,120) Moroccans from Europe have embarked from Spanish ports to Morocco as part of the outward phase of Operation Marhaba.
The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa recorded the passage of 29,000 Moroccans from Europe and 6,700 vehicles bound for Ceuta on Saturday, as part of the Marhaba 2023 Operation. The authorities warn travelers without tickets.
Agents from the General Command of Melilla (army) have been carrying out a mission of control, surveillance and "deterrence" near the border with Morocco for a few days.
Dahamouh, El Yayaoui and Zhor, three young migrants of Moroccan origin, recount their journey, from their arrival in Spain to their integration, including the difficulties encountered.