The President of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, has just signed an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the opening of an office within the Spanish representation to the European Union (EU). The autonomous city has been seeking in recent years to no longer depend on Morocco.
The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producer-Exporter Associations (Fepex) denounced on Tuesday the "uncontrolled import" of Moroccan tomatoes, which has increased from 365,695 tons in 2013 to 557,225 tons in 2022.
Spain and Morocco are unable to reach an agreement on the reopening of the commercial customs of Melilla and the opening of a new office in Ceuta. An important point included in the joint declaration of April 7, 2022, marking the beginning of a new stage in relations between the two countries.
Agents of the Civil Guard of the Maritime Service of Ceuta have intercepted three Moroccan fishing boats using driftnets, an illegal practice. Several trapped species, such as dolphins, turtles and tuna, were able to be released.
A few weeks before the start of the Strait Crossing Operation or Marhaba, the port of Malaga is bustling to settle the last logistical details in order to effectively cope with the significant influx of Moroccans from Europe who will transit with or without their vehicles to Morocco.
The Spanish government continues to refuse to disclose the content of the letter sent by Pedro Sánchez to King Mohammed VI on March 14, 2022. This letter is considered the "best-kept secret in Spanish politics," a Spanish newspaper marvels.
Arrived in Pamplona in mid-March, hidden in a vegetable truck, a Moroccan couple and their minor daughters aged 12, 8 and 5, one of whom is ill, have been living on the street for almost two weeks. Desperate, the family is calling for help to find housing and care for their sick daughter.
A year after the scandal of the hacking of the mobile phones of Pedro Sanchez and ministers Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Margarita Robles, the European Parliament’s inquiry committee on the Pegasus affair and its implications in Spain has presented its conclusions. A report approved by 30 votes in favor, 3 against and 4 abstentions points to Morocco as a "possible" perpetrator of this espionage .
The Spanish authorities are warning about the existence of criminal gangs posing as Spanish police officers to strip Moroccans residing in the country of their belongings on the Iberian roads as they flock to their country of origin during this period to spend their holidays there.
The Civil Guard has dismantled a drug trafficking network that transported cocaine from the Netherlands to Morocco via Melilla. In total, 21 people were arrested and nearly 59 kilos of cocaine and 186 kilos of hashish were seized, as well as objects and bank accounts worth more than 3.6 million euros.
Popular Party (PP) senator Juan José Imbroda, a candidate for the presidency of Melilla, accused Morocco of "wanting to annoy the residents of Melilla" by not reopening the commercial customs and not respecting the traveler regime. To deal with these problems, he calls on Melilla to "turn towards Europe".
Ibrahim Buselham, 16, was killed on April 15, 2022, during a shootout between drug trafficking networks in Ceuta. The young man was a collateral victim of this settling of scores between rival gangs. His family continues to demand justice.