The European Parliament adopted on Thursday, June 10, "a resolution on the violation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the instrumentalization of minors by the Moroccan authorities in the migration crisis in Ceuta ". This is enough to undermine its relations with "one of its best partners in Africa".
Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, reacted to the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday, June 10 against Morocco. He believes that the instrumentalization of the European institution in the crisis between the kingdom and Spain is "counterproductive".
Morocco threatened on Monday to suspend its cooperation with the European Union if the European Parliament voted on Thursday a resolution condemning the kingdom’s attitude in allowing thousands of underage migrants to enter Ceuta in May, in reaction to the reception by Spain of Brahim Ghali.
The European Parliament will discuss on June 10 the issue of Moroccan minors who would have been used by the Moroccan authorities in the migration crisis in Ceuta. An aberration according to the President of the House of Representatives, Habib El Malki who is visibly "surprised and "disappointed" to see "the registration of a draft resolution in the European Parliament on the alleged "use of minors by the Moroccan authorities" in the migration crisis in Sebta".
To prevent any future attempt at massive entry of migrants into Ceuta , Morocco has taken drastic measures at its borders.
After Together for Catalonia chaired by Carlos Puigdemont , former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, it is the Istiqlal Party (PI) that is calling on Morocco to recover Ceuta and Melilla. Moroccan territories that are "part of the EU by legacy of a colonial past."
The Spanish political group Ciudadanos (C’s) is calling on the European Parliament to vote a resolution to punish Morocco for violating the rights of minors in the migration crisis in Ceuta .
The European Union (EU) congratulated Morocco on Tuesday for having decided to definitively settle the issue of Moroccan unaccompanied minors in an irregular situation in certain European countries.
The issue of unaccompanied Moroccan minors abroad is a concern for King Mohammed VI who has renewed his instructions to the various ministers in charge of the file so that a definitive solution is found.
Morocco is seeking the help of Arab countries to deal with the European Union (EU) which, for its part, supports the Spanish government in defending the Spanish territoriality of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
Faced with the migrant "invasion" of Ceuta, the president of the Spanish far-right party Vox, Santiago Abascal, calls on the European Union to take responsibility for protecting and defending its border with Morocco.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez categorically rejected on Monday, at the European Council, the proposal to suspend the allocation of European funds to Morocco, pending the kingdom’s further strengthening of its border control after the massive arrival of migrants in Ceuta at the beginning of last week.