A Spanish national was sentenced to one year and a half in prison for attempting to stab a Moroccan man in the city of Reus (Terragona province). He was sentenced to five other months for threatening another Moroccan with a knife, reports Diari de Tarragona, an online newspaper. The public prosecutor's office initially required eight years' imprisonment for attempted homicide and an additional 21 months for each of the two threats related offenses. The judge prohibited the attacker
The government delegate in Melilla, Abdelmalik El Barkani, announced yesterday that 36 of the 39 migrants who arrived in the Chafarinas Islands, a group of three small islets located in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Morocco, and then transferred to Melilla, will be sent back to Morocco to prevent the «migration mafias» from making the Spanish archipelagos a «new gateway to Spain», reports Europa Press. The official said that only three of them were
While the autonomous government in Canary Islands seems convinced and reassured by the explanations given by Madrid, Podemos continues to be resistant.
Several journalists and the Association of Friends of the Saharawi People (AAPS) denounced yesterday in Palma (autonomous city), the fact that «Morocco does not want witnesses in Western Sahara in a round table entitled, reports Europa Press. Journalist Ahmed Attanji commented on each of the most recent cases, including the recent expulsion of a British investigator for trying to inform about the socio-economic situation in Western Sahara. Ahmed Attanji mentioned, among other things, the
According to the Central Narcotics Brigade in Spain, drug smugglers prefer to take new routes escaping the vigilance of the Iberian neighboring country. Nothing new, recalls Chakib El Khayari, an activist interested in the cultivation of cannabis in the region.
A Moroccan man was arrested Saturday in Segur de Calafell, an urban area in the municipality of Calafell (province of Tarragona), for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a minor, says the Catalan News Agency (ACN). The incident has been confirmed by the town hall. On Saturday, around 1 pm, a man was seen by pedestrians accompanying a minor. His attitude has made people in the street suspect what he was doing. Witnesses quickly alerted a nearby police patrol before another
The amount of fruits and vegetables imports in Spain coming from neighboring countries - particularly Morocco – is worrying the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits and Vegetables, (Fepex), especially since the rise coincides with the Spanish production schedule. Indeed, these exports to Spain increased by 36% in 2017, and by 3% for France, reports Agrocultura, a Catalan portal specialized in ecological
Driven by the social protests in the Rif, many Moroccans have chosen to cross the Mideterranean towards Spain.
Morocco consolidated its position as Spain's main supplier of fruits and vegetables in 2017, with exports worth 462.3 million Euros until last October, said the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX). These imports from Morocco increase by 36% over the same period of 2016, FEPEX said in a statement, noting that the Kingdom continues to strengthen, year after year, its position as Spain's main foreign supplier of
King Felipe and his spouse’ visit to Morocco has been postponed for the second time, a spokesman for the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday, reports El Pais, a Spanish online newspaper. The official confirmed that the Spanish and Moroccan governments agreed that the royal trip had to be delayed to March. Diplomatic sources told the newspaper that the visit had not been officially announced yet but the preparations are under way including the bilateral agreements