Complaints from travelers have mounted with the launch of Operation Marhaba over conditions at the Beni Ansar crossing, where long queues and overcrowding are disrupting the smooth flow of traffic. The situation has prompted the Azeghanghan branch of the Moroccan League for the Defense of Human Rights to sound the alarm and call for urgent intervention to improve services.
The border crisis between Melilla and Nador has revived long-standing demands to reinstate the visa-free crossing system, as the border crossings have recently become a point of unprecedented tension and congestion. While Spanish voices speak of an «economic and social paralysis» within Melilla, Moroccan stakeholders are calling for easing the restrictions that have impacted familial and humanitarian ties between the two sides.