Unlike its recent positions, left-wing party Podemos wants Spain to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born during the Spanish occupation.
A support committee for Ilias Tahiri’s family was created to bring justice to this young man who died on July 1, 2019 in a juvenile center in Spain. The Ibn Battuta Foundation, supported by the Casablanca lawyers' club, are mobilized to investigate the death of Tahiri.
As soon as lockdown measures have started easing, Morocco has begun preparing for the summer season while maintaining preventive measures against Covid-19. Preparing for a potential launch of the Marhaba operation for this summer is also a way of restarting the economy.
Moroccans stranded in southern Spain were faced with a difficult choice : returning to Morocco while leaving their vehicles behind, or staying without being able to benefit from financial aid and accommodation.
With a delay of a few weeks, Morocco and Spain are preparing to organize Operation Marhaba 2020. The countries have entered the phase of lifting the containment and resuming economic activities.