In the last months, the number of Spanish senior officials visiting Morocco has surprisingly increased. These visits come as Morocco is dealing with several issues related to migration, security and smuggling.
On October the 29th, 1956, Ahmed Balafrej, who headed the Moroccan diplomacy at the time, signed the Final Decleration of the International Conference of Tangier. The treaty put an end of the city’s international statute.
The Polisario is intending to impose its own rules on Spanish associations that do not make use of caravans when sending aids to the inhabitants of the Tindouf camps.
About fifty migrants, among those who forced their way into Melilla, were sent back to Morocco. They will be immediately expelled to their countries of origin. According to NGOs, their expulsion is «illegal».
Morocco and Spain will be granted 140 million euros to manage the current migration crisis. Rabat will receive 70 million euros to purchase border surveillance equipment, in addition to an annual sum of money.