The overheated relations between Madrid and Rabat will allow, in an irreversible way, to get Morocco out of the clichés under which it appears in the eyes of Spain and even of Europe as a whole. This is the opinion of the French daily Le Monde which analyzes the migration issue from different diplomatic and geopolitical angles.
In Morocco, thousands of people, including journalists and activists, are reacting to the new tension between the kingdom and Spain caused by the emergency admission of Brahim Ghali , the Polisario leader, to a hospital in Logroño, under the assumed name of Mohamed Ben Battouche, of Algerian nationality. They have called for a boycott of Spanish products.
The Moroccan ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich has warned of a likely departure of Brahim Ghali from the Iberian peninsula "in an opaque manner". The Polisario leader was admitted urgently to a hospital in Logroño, under the borrowed name of Mohamed Ben Battouche, of Algerian nationality, on April 18.
Revelations published in a Spanish newspaper tend to prove that Spain wanted to avoid a diplomatic crisis with Morocco by considering transferring the Polisario leader Brahim Ghali to Portugal before authorizing his emergency admission to the hospital in San Millán de la city of Logroño under a false identity.
The reception of the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, by Spain was for "humanitarian reasons" and not to create a conflict between Spain and Morocco. This is what the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, explained in an interview.
Speaking on the diplomatic rift between Morocco and Spain, French diplomacy affirmed on Wednesday that the Kingdom of Morocco is a crucial partner of the European Union (EU) and essential for the French Republic. This was during a hearing of the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
The Sahrawi Association for the Defense of Human Rights (Asadedh) and the Sahrawi activist Fadel Breika, who filed a complaint against the Polisario leader and called for his immediate arrest before his appearance on June 1, did not prevail. The position of Santiago Pedraz Gomez, the investigating judge at the Spanish National Court in charge of the case, remains unchanged. No precautionary measures against Brahim Ghali .
Europe "will not be intimidated by anyone" on the migration issue. A statement made on Wednesday by the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, commenting on the massive influx of migrants from the small Spanish enclave of Ceuta coming from Morocco.
Arancha González Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, returns to the emergency admission of Brahim Ghali , leader of the Polisario, in a hospital in Logroño, near Zaragoza, under the borrowed name of Mohamed Ben Battouche, of Algerian nationality. She rules out any link between the disagreement with Rabat on this issue and the arrival of thousands of Moroccan migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday.
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) destroyed, this Monday, May 17, 2021, a Polisario vehicle in the Mahbès sub-sector. A response to a provocation from the East of the defense wall in the Sahara.
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are said to have destroyed two vehicles and killed top Polisario military officials in recent weeks. They were trying to attack several Moroccan military surveillance posts near the security wall.
After the incessant demands for explanations from Morocco on the reception in Spain of Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario separatists, it is the turn of the Popular Party (PP, opposition) to demand that the Spanish government explain the "illegal and under a false identity" entry of the man being prosecuted by the justice system.