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.
Thousands of Moroccans from France, Belgium, Germany and other European countries are expected in the coming days in Malaga as part of the 2022 Marhaba Operation, which started on Wednesday, after two years of cancellation due to the health and diplomatic crisis between Spain and Morocco.
Spain has deployed more than 22,000 agents, including nearly 16,000 from the security forces and corps, to ensure the safety of people and property as part of Operation Marhaba, which started on Wednesday, June 15.
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.
While elected officials have questioned the government and it has promised to find a solution, boat ticket prices continue to soar. This complicates the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) to Morocco.
The Marhaba Operation starts this Wednesday in Spain, after two years of cancellation. Long lines of vehicles will be recorded at the border with Morocco, which has planned to increase the number of entries.
The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, meets this Wednesday his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit, at the ministry’s headquarters. Issues related to migration flows, police cooperation and the Marhaba Operation will be on the agenda of this meeting, which comes in the midst of a diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Spain.
The Marhaba Operation is resuming this Wednesday, after two years of cancellation. It will allow more than three million Moroccans residing in Europe to join the kingdom via the Spanish ports to spend their summer holidays there. Nearly 150,000 passengers are expected at the port of Motril (Granada).
The Marhaba Operation, the largest migratory movement between Europe and Morocco, starts this Wednesday, June 15, after two years of cancellation. More than 15,000 Spanish security forces personnel have been mobilized for the occasion.
The Consul General of Morocco in Algeciras, Mohamed Rafaoui, reviewed the actions taken so far by the Moroccan and Spanish authorities to prepare the Marhaba Operation 2022, which promises to be exceptional.
In order to allow Moroccans residing in the Lot-et-Garonne Department to have quick access to consular services during this summer period, the Consulate General of Morocco in Bordeaux organized a mobile consulate in Agen on Saturday.
The Jupol police union has demanded that the Ministry of the Interior urgently send reinforcement officers to the Algeciras police station in order to manage the large influx of MRE during the Marhaba Operation, which starts on June 15.