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.
Four of the 25 Moroccans who escaped from Palma airport after the emergency landing of an Air Arabia flight on November 5, were presented Tuesday before the investigating judge in charge of the investigation. They say they prefer, they say, to remain in prison in Spain rather than return to Morocco.
Most Moroccan minors who arrived in Ceuta in May claim to have suffered physical violence, abuse and ill-treatment in Morocco. For this reason, they do not wish to return to the kingdom.
More than 5 months after the illegal arrival in the Spanish enclaves, some 3683 Moroccan migrants settled in Ceuta have made a voluntary return to the kingdom, according to local authorities.
Morocco has engaged in negotiations with Spain and the European Union (EU) with a view to resuming cooperation in the field of migration. In this context, EU delegates held meetings on Wednesday in Rabat with the Ministry of the Interior, which were sanctioned by the signing of new cooperation agreements.
The Spanish authorities are continuing the investigations to find the 12 Moroccan migrants who took advantage of an emergency landing to escape from Palma airport in Majorca. They denounce the lack of cooperation from Morocco, which is slow to provide all the data on the fugitives.
The Investigating Court of Palma in Majorca issued this week a national arrest warrant against the 13 migrants who escaped from Palma airport after an emergency landing. The judge also ordered the provisional detention of twelve other migrants.
Twelve fugitive passengers after the escape at Palma airport in Majorca are still untraceable, according to Spanish police sources.
Zakaria, a young Moroccan living in the Basque Country, has lost several members of his family at sea. His brother, sister, brother-in-law and young niece are among the 31 victims of the shipwrecked boat that was found in Cape Verde with three bodies on board.
The Spanish authorities claim that the Moroccan passenger who had simulated a health problem in order to allow the escape of other passengers at Palma airport is known to the justice system.
The Vox party, through the voice of its deputy in Ceuta, Teresa López, insisted on Friday on the need for Spain and the European Union to strengthen security at the borders with Morocco in order to effectively fight against illegal immigration which, according to her, is increasing in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
On Friday, about twenty passengers from Morocco took advantage of the evacuation of a supposedly sick traveler on the tarmac of Palma de Mallorca airport (Spain) to flee. Six of them were arrested.