The Vox party continues to denounce the passivity of the Spanish government in the face of Morocco’s "attacks" on Spanish territorial integrity and its intention to annex the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
The Vox party has tabled a bill in Congress asking the government to take the necessary measures to proceed with the delineation of the borders in Ceuta and Melilla in order to properly delimit the Spanish territorial waters in these areas near Morocco.
A 23-year-old Moroccan died on Friday after falling from underneath a truck. He had left the Tarajal (Ceuta) warehouses since December to apply for political asylum.
The legalization of cannabis is a "breath of fresh air" for Morocco and an economic alternative to smuggling in the border areas of Ceuta and Melilla, according to the Moroccan Institute of Strategic Intelligence.
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has just extended for one month, until March 30, 2022, the closure of the border with Morocco due to the health crisis.
Over the past nine months, more than 2,500 Moroccans have applied for asylum in Spain. 360 have been deported while nearly 10,000 others have "voluntarily" returned to their country, according to Spanish authorities.
The Spanish Senate on Thursday rejected the proposal by the Vox party to amend Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty to explicitly include the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla under NATO protection .
The Spanish government has assured that "it will act firmly" if the territorial integrity of Spain is violated by Morocco, which has announced the deployment of anti-aircraft systems in Tangier and Nador, near Ceuta and Melilla.
A family from Algarve, Portugal, traveling in a caravan, has been blocked in the city of Ceuta for three weeks. On a humanitarian trip to Ethiopia, they are asking for the reopening of the Moroccan borders to allow them to continue their journey.
The Ombudsman , Ángel Gabilondo, stated on Tuesday that he will soon look into the case of the 57 minors "illegally" repatriated from Ceuta to Morocco last August.
A young Moroccan migrant was saved at sea at the last minute on Tuesday as he tried to reach Ceuta by swimming.
Salahedine Kaddour, a 25-year-old Moroccan, tried to enter Ceuta by swimming, on February 17, through the Benzú border. His family, without news of him since then, is asking for help to find him.