As the fishing agreement between the European Union and Morocco, essential for the Andalusian province of Cadiz, approaches its expiration on July 17, anxiety is growing among the Andalusian fishing crews. The latter, who depend on Moroccan waters for their catches, fear the consequences of the end of this agreement.
A surreal scene at Malaga airport. A man, who arrived late for his flight, made a desperate attempt to board a plane bound for Morocco. The images of the incident were quickly shared by Internet users.
Baleària has decided to strengthen its activity with Morocco as part of this year’s Marhaba Operation. With its thirteen ships, the shipping company plans to make 200 weekly connections to Ceuta, Melilla, Tanger Med and Nador during the period from June 15 to September 15.
A Ryanair plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Alicante airport due to a problem with a passenger. The plane was operating the Paris (Beauvais) - Nador route.
The port of Almeria plans to welcome nearly 500,000 Moroccans from Europe who will embark for Melilla or Nador, on the first day of Operation Marhaba, which will run until September 15.
Spain will deploy 19,441 police officers to ensure the safety of people and property as part of the Operation Marhaba which starts in Spain on June 15. A figure that has increased by 21.4% compared to last year.
The Sahrawi activist, Tesh Sidi, number three on the Sumar party list, is a candidate in the legislative elections and will likely be elected as a deputy, which leads the Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI) to fear an intensification of the activities of the Moroccan intelligence services that were already closely monitoring her.
The Spanish police arrested a Moroccan woman for abandoning her minor son in Zaragoza. She is accused of trying to flee to Morocco by leaving her son at the airport.
Spain’s foreign policy towards Morocco, particularly its position on the Sahara, could change after the July 23 elections. The kingdom is closely following these early elections, which could lead to a change of government with the arrival of the Popular Party (PP) at the Moncloa.
The Observatory of Ceuta and Melilla has sent a letter to the director of Google Spain to ask to reconsider the delineation of the borders of the two autonomous cities with Morocco, drawn in dotted lines as if these territories were disputed.
The far-right party Vox does not want Melilla to participate in Operation Marhaba 2023, considering that it does not benefit the autonomous city at all and even proposes a tax for Moroccans living abroad (MREs).
While Spain wants the rapid reopening of commercial customs in Melilla and the opening of a new customs office in Ceuta, Morocco, for its part, uses subterfuges to extend the deadlines and delay, or even prevent, the opening of these customs posts.