Former Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo has revisited the behind-the-scenes of the operation that allowed Spain to recover the Perejil (Leila) islet, citing pressure exerted by Morocco and the United States. Statements that have sparked a lively controversy.
Two Spanish women of Moroccan origin claim to have been victims of blackmail and fraud by two Moroccan gendarmes, as they were returning to Melilla after a vacation in Ifrane.
Abdel, a 25-year-old man from Melilla, died on Saturday of cancer at the Virgen de las Nieves hospital in Granada, after being the victim of neglect for several years at the regional hospital in Melilla.
Melilla entrepreneurs are alerting the Spanish authorities that since two weeks that the commercial customs of Ceuta and Melilla are supposed to be reopened, only one truck has entered Morocco from Melilla.
A 24-year-old Spaniard residing in Melilla accepted, for a payment of more than 1,000 euros, to recognize the paternity of the baby of a Moroccan woman who gave birth at the regional hospital of the autonomous city. The young man was arrested by the Unit for the Fight against Illegal Immigration Networks and Forged Documents (UCRIF).
Spain has been conducting military exercises in Melilla for a few days in order to fend off any possible attack from Morocco, which maintains its claims on Ceuta and Melilla, as well as the Spanish islands and rocks.
While the customs of Ceuta and Melilla have started to function after nearly three years of intensive negotiations, Morocco has decided to prevent the entry of the two daily Spanish trucks allocated to each city, as agreed with the government of Pedro Sánchez, due to an unfulfilled promise by Madrid concerning the Sahara.
Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur , 40, a mixed martial arts expert and close to King Mohammed VI, was seen this week alongside the Sovereign in a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi.
Morocco would have decided to relaunch its trade exchanges with Melilla, after more than six years of unilateral closure of commercial customs.
For a few days now, cross-border workers who travel to Ceuta every day have been having difficulties renewing their employment contracts. The reason is the refusal of the Moroccan authorities to issue them their residence certificate, a document required by the Office of Foreigners for the renewal of contracts.
Rescue operations for the Moroccan Royal Navy patrol boat that ran aground in the waters of Melilla have failed.
Security at the land borders between Morocco and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla has been strengthened to prevent attempts at infiltration and irregular immigration, which usually multiply during the end-of-year holidays.