In a new report, Frontex indicates that the number of Moroccan migrants entering Europe through the Western Mediterranean route have significantly increased. For the EU agency this jump is due to Morocco's domestic issues, implicitly referring to the Hirak movement.
Spanish companies based in Ceuta are «planning to leave the autonomous city for Morocco,» reported Thursday, March 29th, El Confidencial. The economy of the entire city depends on the daily flow of goods at border posts. The website states that «60% of the goods the city imports are destined for resale in Morocco». Several stores and businesses are starting to go bankrupt. This is notably the case of a shop tht sells perfumes operating for more
The Spanish maritime rescue services rescued, Wednesday 28th of March, twenty Moroccan migrants who were carried by a boat, said EFE. They were heading to the Tarifa coast, Spain but got later transferred to Ceuta. Tarifa Regional Maritime Rescue & Coordination Center (Cádiz province) has been alerted that a boat was sailing at the Strait of Gibraltar’s territorial waters, a spokesman for the maritime rescue services told EFE. The boat was located at 4:30 am, about
Morocco has agreed to relaunch negotiations with the European Union, with the objective of concluding a new fisheries agreement. This was announced yesterday, 27th of March, in Cadiz, a city in southern Spain, by the EU Director General of Maritime and Fisheries Affairs, Joao Aguilar, reports Spanish radio Cadena Ser. On the 16th of April, the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers will meet in Brussels to give the European Commission the go ahead to start negotiations with the Kingdom, said the
A Moroccan national living in Ibiza was tried for not showing up at the polling station during the local and autonomous elections of May 24, 2015, reports El Periodico de Ibiza. The man was chosen among other citizens elected to form these polling stations. Selected in the draw, they must preside over the voting, ensure the smooth running of it, but also count the ballots in the ballot box. The accused, who was going to pay a fine of 2,880 Euros, declared in court that he did not go to the
Two Moroccan nationals were arrested by the Spanish police at the borders between Melilla and Morocco. Their arrest is related to an extradition request issued by Germany, reported Europa Press. An arrest warrant was issued against the two men suspected of cocaine trafficking and believed to be part of a burglary network. The arrest of the two individuals, aged between 35 and 38, took place at the Beni Ansar border crossing, the Spanish police said in a statement issued on Sunday, 25th of
The Spanish Refugees Aid Commission (CEAR) has published its 2017 data, indicating that Spain has accepted 595 asylum applications, almost twice the number of what was accepted in 2016 (355). According to CEAR, Palestinians, Eritreans and Moroccans are the most to seek asylum in the country. From 595 requests, 55 were granted to Moroccans. «The vast majority was related to the sexual orientation of the applicants,» reports the news agency EFE. Betty Lachgar from the Alternative
FIFA has refused the request submitted by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, allowing Moroccan-Spanish footballer Munir El Haddadi to join the Morocco national team, reports Esto on Thursday, quoting local media outlets. Football’s governing body has sent a letter to the Moroccan federation informing them that El Haddadi won’t be able to play with the Moroccan team during the next World Cup competition in Russia. Playing previously at the Alavés club owned by FC
The Spanish Civil Guard has seized more than two tons of hashish and arrested a Moroccan national, suspected of smuggling, said the regional online newspaper La Voz de Cadiz. During a raid to fight against drug smuggling at the Guadalmesi coastal zone near Algeciras, Civil Guard agents spotted an inflatable boat similar to those frequently used to smuggle narcotics. It was coming from the Moroccan coast and was sailing at a high speed near the Spanish coast. One of the Civil Guard's patrols
Daniel Ventura, city councilor for social welfare in Melilla, urged «the European Union to intervene for the repatriation of Moroccan minors in Melilla», reports EcoDiario. «The European Union must invite Morocco to comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and implement the repatriation agreement», said Tomas Bocek, a People’s Party deputy, and Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. The center that