
Spain Implements AI-Powered Facial Recognition at Morocco-Ceuta Border Crossing
Spain is pursuing its project to install a facial recognition system at the border with Morocco in Ceuta.

Spain is pursuing its project to install a facial recognition system at the border with Morocco in Ceuta.

Two Moroccan minors did not hesitate to throw themselves into the sea in Ceuta to save the life of another 16-year-old minor who was drowning.

The Spanish Navy has deployed a patrol boat on the islands and rocks claimed by Morocco, including the Vélez de la Gomera rock.

The Spanish Navy’s maritime action ship "Meteoro" has been carrying out a surveillance and deterrence mission in the Alboran Sea and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla since late April.

The Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), and the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) have denounced the dire economic situation in Fnideq, a border town with Ceuta, calling on local authorities to implement ambitious development projects to revive the local economy.

The Moroccan police and customs thwarted, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an attempt to traffic drugs at the Bab Sebta crossing point.

Moroccan agents stationed at the Tarajal border post would refuse to let Moroccan workers wishing to go to Ceuta pass, demanding that they present a Schengen visa.

Elements of the Drugs and Organized Crime Unit (Udyco) of Ceuta have arrested this Thursday an individual, suspected to be close to the Mocro maffia, accused of several crimes including a kidnapping in Catalonia.

Morocco would be negotiating with Spain to reactivate the Schengen visa exemption agreement for Moroccans residing in the northern cities of the kingdom in order to allow them to enter Ceuta with only their passports.

Morocco is gearing up for the transfer by Spain of the management of the airspace of the Sahara , in exchange for the opening of the customs offices of Ceuta and Melilla.

The Polisario has reacted to Spain’s decision to transfer the management of the airspace of the Sahara to Morocco, in exchange for the opening of the customs offices of Ceuta and Melilla.

A Moroccan, a drug baron, was arrested in Casablanca after committing a traffic-related offense. The suspect, holder of a Dutch residence card, was the subject of an international arrest warrant for drug trafficking.