The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has deployed 28 agents to ensure the security and fluidity of the transit of Moroccans from Europe via the port of Ceuta during the Marhaba Operation, between June 15 and September 15.
The Moroccan police arrested several people on Wednesday at the Tarajal border crossing who had come from Ceuta and presented fake PCR tests and vaccine passports.
Spain has extended by one month from this Wednesday, June 15, the measure requiring Moroccans to have a visa before entering Ceuta and Melilla.
The Vox party has demanded before the Senate "the revocation of the border reopening agreement until Morocco formally and expressly recognizes the undisputed sovereignty of Spain over Ceuta and Melilla and all Spanish territories in North Africa".
The President of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, declared on Saturday that he "encouraged and authorized all the actions" of his Vice-President, Mabel Deu (PP), in the context of the return of minors to Morocco last August. The Spanish judge had suspended these returns, deemed "illegal", and filed a complaint against the Vice-President.
The implementation of commercial customs is one of the main conditions to relaunch the economy of Ceuta and Melilla and put an end to smuggling at the borders of the two cities with Morocco, after more than two years of closure.
More than a hundred vehicles were this Sunday at the Tarajal border in Ceuta to enter Morocco. The monster traffic jam caused drivers to spend at least two hours at the border before accessing the kingdom.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, declared on Wednesday before Congress that "the Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla is beyond doubt". He says he has discussed this with King Mohammed VI.
Spain and Morocco have not reached an agreement on the reopening of the commercial customs in Melilla and the creation of a new one in Ceuta, during the meeting held on Tuesday in Madrid. The two countries have planned to meet again "in the coming days" on this subject.
A Moroccan, subject to an international arrest warrant issued by the Moroccan authorities, was apprehended on Tuesday by the Spanish Civil Guard in Ceuta.
Swept away last July by the Ghali affair which provoked a serious diplomatic crisis with Morocco, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzales Laya, mentions "telephone tappings, complaints, campaigns, including press campaigns" which have "served to blur this humanitarian aid" provided to the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali.
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, asked the press on Monday to avoid making "inappropriate" speculations about the spying of Pedro Sanchez’s phones and the migration crisis of May 2021 in Ceuta, stating that Morocco is a "strategic" and loyal partner of Spain.