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Spanish Opposition Demands Answers on Melilla Migrant Surge
The Popular Party (PP) and Vox are asking the Spanish government for explanations about the massive assaults by sub-Saharan migrants in Melilla last Wednesday and Thursday.
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Spain's Far-Right Vox Party Warns of Moroccan Economic Threat to Ceuta
Vox remains convinced that Morocco wants to stifle Ceuta and deplores the passivity of the government. It has just sent it a question to ask what actions it intends to take to counter "Morocco’s latest initiative", the commercial zone under construction a few kilometers from the border with the autonomous city.
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Spain to Complete Melilla Border Fence Upgrade Within 3 Months, Minister Says
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Malaska, announced on Saturday, during his visit to Melilla, that the ongoing work to strengthen the fence on the border with Morocco will be completed in the next three months.
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Spain Accuses Morocco of Lax Border Control as Migrants Storm Melilla
The Spanish intelligence services (CNI) claim that thousands of sub-Saharan migrants stormed the Melilla border last Wednesday because Morocco "has ceased to control" this border area.
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Far-Right Vox Party Slams Spanish Government's Inaction on Ceuta and Melilla Tensions with Morocco
The Vox party continues to denounce the passivity of the Spanish government in the face of Morocco’s "attacks" on Spanish territorial integrity and its intention to annex the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
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Morocco Defends Immigration Efforts After Melilla Border Incidents
The Moroccan government said on Thursday it had mobilized huge resources to curb illegal immigration after the massive assault of several hundred sub-Saharan Africans at the Melilla border.
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Spain Seeks Morocco's Help to Curb Migrant Surge at Melilla Border
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, affirmed today to maintain contacts with the Moroccan authorities concerning the situation prevailing in Melilla, where two assaults by sub-Saharan migrants took place on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Spain Accuses Morocco of Allowing Mass Migrant Crossing at Melilla Border
The attempted entry of some 2,500 migrants, mostly of sub-Saharan origin, into Melilla on Wednesday, March 2, is viewed unfavorably by the Spanish authorities. Some political leaders see the passivity of Morocco and the pressure exerted by the Moroccan government.
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Spanish Far-Right Party Vox Pushes for Clear Maritime Borders with Morocco in Ceuta and Melilla
The Vox party has tabled a bill in Congress asking the government to take the necessary measures to proceed with the delineation of the borders in Ceuta and Melilla in order to properly delimit the Spanish territorial waters in these areas near Morocco.
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Morocco Legalizes Cannabis, Aims to Boost Economy and Curb Smuggling
The legalization of cannabis is a "breath of fresh air" for Morocco and an economic alternative to smuggling in the border areas of Ceuta and Melilla, according to the Moroccan Institute of Strategic Intelligence.
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Surge in Moroccan Asylum Seekers Prompts Spain to Revamp Asylum Process
Over the past nine months, more than 2,500 Moroccans have applied for asylum in Spain. 360 have been deported while nearly 10,000 others have "voluntarily" returned to their country, according to Spanish authorities.
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Spanish Senate Rejects Vox Proposal to Include Ceuta and Melilla in NATO Protection
The Spanish Senate on Thursday rejected the proposal by the Vox party to amend Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty to explicitly include the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla under NATO protection .