The president of the European Commission says the EU is unable to help Morocco manage migration flows at the moment, citing limited resources.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a letter to the European Commission, citing a Moroccan demand of resources for border management, reported London-based online newspaper Euractiv on Tuesday. In his letter, the newly elected Spanish PM urged the EU institution to provide emergency assistance to tackle the surge in migrant arrivals. According to an EU official Euractiv spoke to, Sanchez’s request is being «quickly» assessed by the Commission. For the record, the
The Islamic Commission of Melilla has sent a letter to the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, urging him to reconsider the ministerial decree implemented as an emergency measure to ban the entry of Moroccan lambs because of the foot-and-mouth disease in the Maghreb countries, says Europe Press. The Commission is hoping that the Spanish government allows Muslims to import 6 000 lambs from Morocco to Melilla on Eid al-Adha. The federation of Islamic associations recalled that in
Despite the dissatisfaction with the Dakhla Week, held from July 21 to 28 in Torremolinos (province of Malaga, southern Spain), the activities that were initially canceled took place at the end of the day. These cancellations, approved by the mayor of the city of Torremolinos, José Ortiz Garcia, were regarding «the fashion show and musical songs scheduled for July 26, and the closing party scheduled for the 28th», according to a document relayed Thursday July 26 by Spanish
Several activities planned during the «Dakhla Week», held between the 21st and 28th of July in Torremolinos, a Mediterranean resort town on southern Spain's Costa del Sol, have been canceled, reports online newspaper La Vanguardia. The decision was approved by the city’s mayor José Ortiz Garcia, canceling a «fashion show, and musical show, scheduled for on July the 26th, and the closing party planned on the 28th», says the same source. The
In a letter relayed by El Pueblo de Ceuta, Spanish journalist José Luis Navazo who is also the publishing director of online newspaper Correo Diplomático, addresses Moroccan Minister of State in charge of Human Rights, Mustapha Ramid. In his open letter, the journalist writes to «his dear friend Ramid» denouncing his «unexplained and surprising» expulsion from Morocco on the evening of July 25th of 2017. Navazo says he still does not know why he
On Sunday 1st of October, Spain tried hard to ban the Catalan independence referendum led by the Generalitat de Catalunya and approved by the parliament of Catalonia. The referendum was deemed illegal by the constitutional court of Spain and voters were met by the chillingly brutal police action. History is repeating itself as in 1909, Madrid violently repressed Catalans, who refused to be sent as reinforcements when Spain renewed military-colonial activity in Morocco on 9 July, in what is
In Spain, the Young Farmers Agrarian Association (ASAJA) and the Workers' Commissions (CCOO) signed, Tuesday, an agreement to protect foreign female farm workers in the Fields. The initiative took place as several Moroccan strawberry pickers stood up against sexual assaults.
Moroccan French midfielder Sofiane Boufal said that joining La Liga, men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system, is a «dream» coming true for him, says IANS press agency. The 24-year-old international has been loaned to Spanish professional club Celta de Vigo, after he played for two seasons with Southampton, making 59 appearances and scoring four goals. «While this past year has not been good for me in England, I also see myself as
Two young Moroccan men have attempted to reach Cadiz (Spain) by swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar from the Moroccan coast. Fortunately they were rescued on la Bolera beach in Ceuta, says online newspaper Infomigrants. The Spanish Civil Guard found the two migrants in the morning of Thursday, July 19th. The two young men behaved violently and threw rocks at the agents, according to Civil Guard sources cited by the Spanish media. One of the migrants, assisted by the Red Cross,