The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, described as "unacceptable" and "disloyal" the remarks of the former Spanish Minister of Housing, Maria Antonia Trujillo, who defended during the international congress in Tetouan that Ceuta and Melilla are "vestiges of the past that hinder the economic and political independence of Morocco and the good relations between the two countries".
Moustapha, a young Moroccan with mental disabilities, has been stuck in Ceuta for several weeks. Without papers, he has already been expelled three times by Moroccan agents at the Tarajal border. His only wish is to find his family in Kenitra.
After announcing his candidacy for the presidency of the Rassemblement national (RN), Jordan Bardella intends to start his campaign in Spain through a meeting with the president of the Spanish nationalist party Vox, before heading to Ceuta, one of the gates that allow migrants to enter Europe illegally.
The situation is still chaotic at the Moroccan border of Ceuta on Saturday. Moroccans in Europe, engaged in the return phase of Operation Marhaba, continue to spend more than 6 hours waiting before accessing the autonomous city.
The elements of the joint customs and police brigade stationed at the Bab Sebta crossing point prevented on Saturday an attempt to traffic 117 kg of cannabis resin.
Moroccan security forces on Saturday prevented about fifty Moroccans from illegally entering Ceuta by swimming across the border of Tarajal.
The prosecutor continues to argue that the repatriations of minors from Ceuta to Morocco were not carried out in accordance with the law on foreigners, accusing the government delegation of the autonomous city and the Ministry of the Interior of this "illegal" action.
Moroccans in Europe at the end of their vacation in Morocco are experiencing hell during the return phase of Operation Marhaba. Over this last weekend of August, they wait up to 17 hours at the Tarajal border before entering Ceuta.
The Spanish justice system is pursuing an investigation into the "illegal" repatriation of Moroccan minors who arrived in large numbers in Ceuta in May 2021. In this context, the government delegate, Salvadora Mateos, and the deputy mayor of the city, María Isabel Deu, will appear before the judge on September 7.
After Ensemble pour la Catalogne chaired by Carlos Puigdemont, former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Istiqlal Party (PI), it is the turn of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) to call on Morocco to recover Ceuta and Melilla. The subject will be discussed at its next congress.
The President of the Government of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, said on Tuesday that strengthening the border with Morocco will be one of his priorities until the next elections in May 2023.
The Spanish airline Hélity Copter Airlines is one of the few in the world to offer regular commercial helicopter flights in the Strait of Gibraltar. It plans to connect Moroccan cities with a new fleet of electric aircraft.