According to Ceuta’s forecasts, more than 600,000 Moroccans from Europe will transit through the autonomous city as part of the Marhaba Operation which will take place between June 15 and September 15.
Morocco has officially stated in a verbal note to the European Commission that Ceuta and Melilla "are Moroccan cities"
A Moroccan woman from Martil and her 10-year-old son were arrested by the Civil Guard, at the height of the Chorrillo beach, as they were trying to reach Ceuta by swimming.
The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, announced that his party wants to win the municipal elections next Sunday in Ceuta in order to curb the "Moroccanization" that the autonomous city has undergone in recent years.
The Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, assured that everything will be done to facilitate, as in previous years, the passage of thousands of Moroccans in Europe who cross the strait every summer to join the kingdom as part of Operation Marhaba.
The body of the young Nawfal, found on the shore in Ceuta at the beginning of the week as he was trying to reach the autonomous city by swimming from Morocco, has been repatriated to the kingdom, at the request of his parents.
Vote buying in Melilla, a practice of which Morocco is accused, is taking on alarming proportions in the city. A Spanish newspaper warns about this electoral fraud in the context of the May 28 elections.
The Spanish and Moroccan governments have agreed to carry out a new pilot test at the commercial customs of Ceuta and Melilla, in both directions, in order to facilitate the transit of goods and people between the two countries.
The President of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, believes that Morocco continues to use hybrid strategies and to suffocate the autonomous city, despite the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara which has led to the normalization of relations between the two countries.
Vox proposes to strengthen the military presence in Melilla by creating a training center for new recruits, in order to deter Morocco, which continues to express claims on Ceuta and Melilla.
The President of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, has just signed an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the opening of an office within the Spanish representation to the European Union (EU). The autonomous city has been seeking in recent years to no longer depend on Morocco.
Spain and Morocco are unable to reach an agreement on the reopening of the commercial customs of Melilla and the opening of a new office in Ceuta. An important point included in the joint declaration of April 7, 2022, marking the beginning of a new stage in relations between the two countries.