The strategic importance of the fixed link project, through the Strait of Gibraltar, between Morocco and Spain, for both kingdoms and for Europe and Africa was the focus of a conference held this week in Madrid. During this meeting, held at the Casa Árabe, an institution under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the […]
Moroccan authorities have raised security vigilance on its northern borders with Spain after the Barcelona terror attack. The tightening of security measures, especially in the northern region near the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, aims at thwarting any infiltration attempts or smuggling of arms by terrorists, local media reported. Morocco has also reinforced security […]
Over 180 illegal migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa broke into the six-meter fence surrounding the Spanish-occupied city in northern Morocco, Ceuta. Images broadcasted in the media show the migrants sprinting over the border from the Moroccan side Monday, in the early morning before sunrise. The migrants who reached Ceuta were eventually rounded up and taken to […]
