A Moroccan minor was found on Sunday under the bus transporting the players of Real Murcia to the maritime station of the port of Ceuta after their match at the Alfonso Murube stadium, delaying their return to Algeciras (Cádiz).
A Moroccan residing in the Netherlands was arrested on Friday morning in Ceuta for drug trafficking. He had a large quantity of drugs that he was trying to smuggle into Algeciras.
After a difficult Sunday marked by interruptions due to Storm Bernard, maritime traffic has resumed its usual pace this Monday between Algeciras and Tangier in the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Spanish National Police dismantled a criminal organization that was transporting migrants hidden in trucks from Tangier to Algeciras. In total, 11 people were arrested.
The Marhaba 2023 Operation ended on September 15 with a record traffic of 775,366 vehicles, an 11.5% increase compared to 2022. A figure never reached in 30 years of the Transit Operation.
More than 1.5 million Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) returned to Morocco this summer via the Spanish ports as part of the Marhaba Operation. These figures are significantly higher than those recorded last year, according to updated data from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
More than 16,000 vehicles embarked last weekend in Algeciras and Tarifa to Morocco as part of the Marhaba Operation, causing massive traffic jams and a lot of discontent.
The "Strait Crossing" operation (OPE), overseen by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, is in full swing. Between June 15 and July 26, more than one million people, exactly 1,020,606 people, crossed from Spain to Morocco, a figure up 6.1% from the previous year. And there could be a lot of people this weekend.
As of July 23, more than 900,000 (932,120) Moroccans from Europe have embarked from Spanish ports to Morocco as part of the outward phase of Operation Marhaba.
The ports of Algeciras and Tarifa recorded the passage of 29,000 Moroccans from Europe and 6,700 vehicles bound for Ceuta on Saturday, as part of the Marhaba 2023 Operation. The authorities warn travelers without tickets.
Thousands of Moroccans from Europe arrived last weekend in Ceuta from the Spanish ports as part of the Marhaba Operation, causing a massive traffic jam at the border of the city with Morocco.
One month after its launch on June 15, the Marhaba 2023 Operation has already recorded the passage of more than 600,000 Moroccans from Europe and 145,000 vehicles from Spanish ports to Morocco.