In its report entitled "Morocco’s Claims on Ceuta and Melilla from the Perspective of the Grey Zone", the Institute of Security and Culture, through the Ceuta and Melilla Observatory, has described the strategy implemented by Morocco to establish its sovereignty over the autonomous city without resorting to armed force.
Senator Carles Mulet (Compromís) has addressed a series of written questions to the government of Pedro Sánchez, following the publication of the report indicating that the kingdom is developing a "hybrid strategy" to definitively establish its sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla.
The Popular Party (PP) of Melilla has assured that Morocco’s continued closure of its land and sea borders with Ceuta and Melilla, beyond its health (fight against Covid-19) argument made about two years ago, hides "a diplomatic and political problem" between Spain and the kingdom.
Morocco is preparing to launch the commercial zone located in Tetouan, near Ceuta, and developed by Tanger Med Zones, a subsidiary of the Tanger Med group, by April 2022.
The Reuters agency has selected Achraf’s photo among the best photos of this year 2021. The Moroccan minor who arrived in May in Ceuta on a makeshift raft made with plastic bottles, burst into tears when it was decided to return him to Morocco.
The government of Ceuta will recruit nine interpreters to assist it during individual interviews with the more than 400 minors who remain in the city with a view to their return to Morocco.
The Spanish intelligence service warns against the rapprochement between Morocco and Israel. They have recently signed an agreement for the construction of a military base near the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
The Ceuta prosecutor’s office has summoned Salvadora Mateos, the government delegate in Ceuta, to appear in the case relating to the return of more than 50 minor migrants to Morocco in August.
Reacting after the publication, on Monday, of the report of the Observatory of Ceuta and Melilla on "Morocco’s claims" on the two enclaves, the president of the government of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, said that the Spanishness of Melilla "is not negotiable".
The Chief of the Defense Staff (JEMAD), Admiral Teodoro López Calderón, believes that Morocco is not "a threat" to Ceuta and Melilla , even though it has been pursuing a policy of blockade against the two enclaves for years.
Most of the measures taken by Morocco in recent years against Spain are actually aimed at Ceuta and Melilla. According to some Spanish experts, the kingdom would be deploying a hybrid strategy to definitively establish its sovereignty over the two enclaves.
Several residents of Melilla are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the border with Morocco to sell their vehicles registered in Morocco and holding the green card.