The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has welcomed the initiative of the Spanish government that has allowed a 12-year-old Moroccan girl to be enrolled in school in Melilla , despite the illegal situation of her mother.
Smuggling is no longer allowed in Ceuta and Melilla. The Moroccan government has decided to permanently close its border posts with the Spanish enclaves to hamalas (carriers) and major smugglers.
The national police have arrested a man for alleged sexual assault on one of the women housed in the Muslim cemetery of Melilla . The arrest follows a complaint from the victim and investigations by the police.
A sex scandal broke out on Tuesday, May 26, in the Spanish enclave of Melilla . Moroccan nationals, housed in the mosque and near the city’s cemetery, were sexually assaulted by the officials.
The repatriation of Moroccans stranded in Ceuta and Melilla due to the closure of borders, decided jointly between Morocco and Spain, is suffering from a disagreement over the number of eligible candidates. As a result, the operation has been suspended.
All the Moroccans blocked in Melilla will return home, except for a young woman barely 34 years old, who was found dead the day before the repatriation. A death that certainly lays bare the conditions of stress and anxiety in which the Moroccans blocked abroad live and who only ask for one thing: to return home.
Since this Friday, May 15, Morocco is proceeding with the repatriation of its citizens blocked in Melilla for two months. Nearly 500 Moroccans should ultimately be repatriated before being placed in quarantine in hotels.
The Moroccans stranded in Melilla can breathe a sigh of relief. The Moroccan authorities have started this Friday an operation to repatriate some of them.
While the spread of covid-19 continues to follow an upward trend in Morocco , some extremists have called on the population to disobey, and threatened those who wear masks.
The shipping companies Armas Trasmediterránea and Baleària are experiencing serious difficulties on the two maritime lines with Melilla and Morocco from the port of Malaga. The implementation of the state of emergency is at the root of this situation.
Due to the closure of all Moroccan borders due to covid-19, around 350 Moroccans have remained stranded in Ceuta and Melilla. They live in precarious and difficult conditions.
The Popular Parliamentary Group (PP) has proposed to set up an inter-ministerial commission that will be responsible for taking rather strong measures to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants of Ceuta and Melilla in the face of pressure from Morocco.