
Clashes Injure 100 Moroccan Officers as 700 Migrants Attempt Melilla Border Crossing
Around a hundred Moroccan agents were injured on Saturday in preventing some 700 migrants from jumping over the Melilla fence.

Around a hundred Moroccan agents were injured on Saturday in preventing some 700 migrants from jumping over the Melilla fence.

Since the launch of the Marhaba Operation on June 15, 11,096 Moroccans from Europe and 3,543 vehicles have already crossed Spain to Morocco, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.

The shipping company Trasmediterránea resumed this Wednesday the connections between the port of Motril (Granada) and Nador and Al Hoceima. The resumption coincided with the start of Operation Marhaba.

Spain has extended by one month from this Wednesday, June 15, the measure requiring Moroccans to have a visa before entering Ceuta and Melilla.

The shipping company Trasmediterránea is resuming this Saturday the passenger and vehicle traffic between Almeria and Nador, suspended for more than two years due to the closure of maritime borders by Morocco.

The Nador West Med port complex has just benefited from additional financing of 57 million euros approved by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group.

The Royal Gendarmerie is conducting an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the murder of a 30-year-old man in Nador. The thirty-year-old was shot dead on Friday by unidentified individuals.

The president of the Popular Party (PP), Juan José Imbroda, has requested that the visa exemption granted to Moroccans from Tetouan and Nador , near Ceuta and Melilla, be abolished and that a visa be required for all Moroccans entering the two autonomous cities.

More than 10,000 passengers have traveled between Almería and Nador since the resumption of passenger maritime traffic on April 23, the date on which the first Wasa Express ferry of the shipping company Baleària left the port of Almeria for Nador with 53 passengers and 45 freight transport vehicles.

The government delegate in Melilla, Sabrina Moh, announced that the Moroccan authorities will impose the entry stamp on passports on residents of the autonomous city who wish to cross the border to go to the kingdom.

The Moroccan government announced on Sunday the opening of the Ceuta and Melilla border crossings starting tomorrow, Tuesday, but under certain conditions, including the end of smuggling.

The port of Motril (Granada region) could restore maritime passenger traffic with Morocco this weekend, with the resumption of links to Nador and Al Hoceima.