King Mohammed VI has spent his 23 years of reign modernizing the Mediterranean coast with the aim of achieving co-sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla, according to a Spanish newspaper.
Four months after the reopening of the borders of Melilla with Morocco, the commercial customs are still closed, much to the dismay of the merchants of the autonomous city.
Morocco unilaterally closed the commercial customs at the Melilla border on August 1, 2018. Four years later, the status quo remains and nothing indicates a possible reopening of these customs at the moment.
Morocco has banned access to its territory for some 397 boats moored in the marina and 145 others in the fishing port of the city. The authorities in Nador will not grant express authorization to these boats from Melilla.
The authorities of Melilla have installed a giant 350-meter tent near the border with Morocco and increased the number of public toilets in order to improve the reception conditions for Moroccans living abroad as part of the Marhaba Operation.
The Senate Bureau has rejected the request of Senator Compromís, Carles Mulet, for the appearance of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to explain the tragedy that occurred at the end of June in Melilla.
The non-reopening of the commercial customs in Melilla, which allows the traffic of goods with Morocco, could lead to an economic crisis in the autonomous city in 2023, according to data from the Funcas report, a reference center for economic and social analysis and research.
The residents of Melilla denounce the discrimination they face at the border with Morocco where priority is always given to Moroccans in Europe as part of the Marhaba Operation.
Two months after the reopening of the Melilla border with Morocco on May 17, a traffic of 360,000 people and 90,500 vehicles making trips in both directions has been recorded.
The authorities of Melilla have installed a giant tent inside the port of the city to welcome Moroccans from Europe who will be returning to their host country, after a few days of vacation in Morocco (Marhaba 2022).
A few weeks after the assault in Melilla, the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) is working to find the missing migrants. To do this, it is using Facebook.
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) published, on Wednesday, its report on the tragic events that caused the death of 23 migrants in Nador . These deaths were mostly "caused by mechanical asphyxiation," according to the mission.