Arriving by the thousands in Ceuta, the migrants pose a real humanitarian problem. Even if some have been sent back to Morocco and others, minors, have been housed in centers, there are still many children and adolescents wandering the streets of the enclave, surviving thanks to the help of the inhabitants.
A video posted on social media testifies to the migration crisis and the despair affecting migrants. While the Moroccan police are multiplying repatriations to the Moroccan border, Yassine, a delivery man, saved in extremis a young Moroccan who was trying to hang himself on the beach.
Morocco does not weaken in the face of Spain’s "provocations" which, in the face of this week’s migration flow, has summoned the kingdom’s ambassador to Madrid in rather undiplomatic terms. Returned to Rabat "this week" for "consultations", Nasser Bourita considered "it is important to speak directly about the current state of bilateral relations between Rabat and Madrid".
Aboubacar Barry, 19, is a young Sierra Leonean who was repatriated "by mistake" this week to Morocco, as part of the return of Moroccans who entered Ceuta in large numbers at the beginning of the week. He had been living in Casablanca for about four years before deciding on Sunday, May 2, to cross Ceuta to reach Spain.
The body of a young Moroccan who was trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta was recovered from the sea last Thursday. The North Observatory of Human Rights (ONDH) is calling for an investigation to be opened.
Catalonia is willing to welcome the Moroccan minors stranded in Ceuta in recent days, Pere Aragonès, the newly elected president of the Generalitat, announced on Friday.
Beaten and thrown into the water, several migrants who arrived in Ceuta in recent days have been subjected to "inhuman" treatment. A video posted on social media on May 18 shows Spanish soldiers violently pushing them into the sea.
Arancha González Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, says that the restoration of a normal relationship with Morocco requires a space for discretion. Despite a return to calm in Ceuta , tensions between the kingdom and Spain remain high.
Speaking on the diplomatic rift between Morocco and Spain, French diplomacy affirmed on Wednesday that the Kingdom of Morocco is a crucial partner of the European Union (EU) and essential for the French Republic. This was during a hearing of the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
The hashtag #GraciasLuna "thank you Luna" is sweeping social media in support of a volunteer at the Spanish Red Cross. This 20-year-old Spanish woman is the victim of a vast campaign of insults for having comforted a migrant in distress in Ceuta.
The nine new coronavirus cases detected in Ceuta are linked to the recent mass arrivals from Morocco. This is what the Spanish Ministry of Health indicated on Thursday, during its daily update on the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the country.
The United States on Wednesday called on Spain and Morocco to work together to resolve the crisis in the autonomous city of Ceuta. In recent days, 8,000 Moroccan migrants in an irregular situation, according to official Spanish sources, have arrived in the city, despite the many repatriations to Morocco already carried out.