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Interpol Fugitive Arrested in Morocco: French-Algerian Drug Trafficking Suspect Caught in Ceuta
Actively sought by the French police and Interpol, a French national of Algerian origin was arrested on Friday by the Moroccan police in Ceuta.
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Spanish-Moroccan Man Arrested at Border for Smuggling 1,800 Psychotropic Pills
On Monday, a Spanish national of Moroccan origin was arrested, suspected of being involved in drug trafficking, by the control services at Bab Sebta , in northern Morocco.
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Record 50,000 Moroccan Expatriates Cross Sebta Border in Weekend Surge
"About 50,000 Moroccan expatriates and 14,000 vehicles" crossed the Tarajal border in both directions between Friday and Sunday, with waiting times of up to four hours maximum, according to the government delegation in Sebta.
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Ceuta Implements Flexible Ferry Ticket Policy Amid Peak Marhaba Operation Traffic
Ceuta has decreed since Saturday noon the interchangeability of boat tickets as part of the Marhaba Operation, which is at a critical point this weekend with the end of the outward phase and the beginning of the return phase.
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Border Crossings Surge as Spain-Morocco Frontier Reopens After Two-Year Closure
574,800 people have crossed the Tarajal border from or to Morocco since its reopening on May 17, after more than two years of closure due to the health crisis related to Covid-19 and the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain.
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Spain to Relocate 400 Unaccompanied Migrant Minors from Canary Islands and Ceuta
The Canary Islands and Ceuta are overwhelmed by the unaccompanied minors arriving from Morocco. Together with the government, they have agreed to transfer 400 minors to the peninsula this year, where 374 others are still staying in children’s centers.
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Ceuta Prepares for 1 Million Moroccan Expats in 2023 Border Crossing
With a 45% increase in the flow of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) this year compared to 2019, causing massive traffic jams at the Tarajal border, the government delegation of Ceuta plans to make arrangements to welcome one million MRE as part of the Marhaba Operation 2023.
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Ceuta Allocates €5.5 Million for Care of Unaccompanied Moroccan Minors
The authorities of Ceuta decided on Monday to allocate 5.5 million euros to care for the 302 Moroccan minors who arrived in the city in May 2021 and who are still staying in the minors’ centers.
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Ceuta Launches Nautical Tourism Campaign in Spanish and Moroccan Marinas
The Ceuta Global Yachting company is promoting the autonomous city as a nautical destination in the marinas in the south of the peninsula and on the Moroccan coast.
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Ceuta Tourism Slowly Rebounds as Moroccan Visitors Return
Tourism has resumed cautiously in Ceuta since the reopening of the border with Morocco. Nearly 4,500 tourists, including 1,760 Moroccans, entered the city in May, a figure far from the 6,400 recorded between 2012 and 2019.
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Dozens of Moroccan Teens Swim to Ceuta Amid Border Crackdown
At least 21 Moroccan minors, mostly aged 13-14, joined Ceuta by swimming on Wednesday, taking advantage of the fog covering the coast.
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Ceuta's Economy Stalls as Morocco Blocks Cross-Border Trade
Two months after the reopening of the Ceuta border with Morocco, the goods traffic has still not resumed. Local businesses are calling on the authorities to take steps to find a solution to this problem that is blocking the economic recovery of the autonomous city.