The parents of Emin and Pisly, two young people from Melilla who would have been killed by the Royal Moroccan Navy on October 27, 2013 while fishing in Moroccan waters (Punta Negri), demonstrated on Friday, for the umpteenth time in front of the Assembly to demand justice.
The Civil Guard has arrested in Melilla two women of Belgian and French origin who tried to cross the border with a Moroccan woman hidden in the back of their vehicle.
The residents of Melilla are still waiting to be able to transport the products they have purchased in Morocco into the city.
After Ensemble pour la Catalogne chaired by Carlos Puigdemont, former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Istiqlal Party (PI), it is the turn of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) to call on Morocco to recover Ceuta and Melilla. The subject will be discussed at its next congress.
Morocco would be putting pressure on pleasure boats in Melilla to force them to moor at the port of Atalayoun (Nador).
Many residents of Melilla leaving for Morocco complained on Sunday of the long waiting time at the border before entering the kingdom. At the same time, other citizens of the autonomous city felt that the influx was lower compared to other days.
The Civil Guard found the lifeless bodies of two Moroccans on Sunday in Melilla, one floating in the sea and the other on a plot next to the border with Morocco.
Popular Party (PP) deputy Isabel Moreno said that the 500 million euros in aid that Morocco will receive from Europe for border control is proof that the kingdom "is taking advantage of the weakness of the Spanish government".
Since the closure of the border for health reasons, taxis can no longer enter Morocco. The situation has not changed despite the reopening of the borders in May, due to the new traveler regime which requires the presentation of a passport before crossing the border on both sides.
The Spanish Navy sent the patrol boat Furor (P-46) to the waters of Melilla last Wednesday, after the "intrusion" of a Moroccan patrol boat in the area. An action welcomed by Eduardo de Castro, the president of the autonomous city.
The Secretary General of the Popular Party (PP) in Melilla, Miguel Marín, denounced the "improvisation" noted in the conduct of the Marhaba Operation at the Melilla-Morocco border, due to the lack of agents dedicated to document control.
The government delegation in Melilla assured on Tuesday that the Civil Guard has not detected the presence of any Moroccan patrol boat in the waters near the autonomous city.