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Tag: Melilla
Morocco: Illegal migration attempt foiled between Tetuan and Sebta.
Elements of the Tetouan prefecture police, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), have foiled, Sunday morning, an attempt ... Read More
A Free zone to end smuggling in Morocco’s north
Morocco is unrelenting in its fight against contraband. The North African country has taken a series of measures to crackdown on smuggling while offering alternatives ... Read More
Morocco starts repatriating its citizens stranded in Melilla
The Moroccan government authorized the repatriation as of this Friday May 15 of the Moroccans who have been stranded in the Spanish enclave of Melilla ... Read More
Moroccan, Spanish Interior Ministers Want Promotion of Legal Migration
Migration topped the agenda of a meeting between Interior ministers of Morocco and Spain Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska who both stressed on Saturday in ... Read More
Melilla’s Economy Suffocates after Morocco’s Closure of Commercial Border
The sovereign decision of Morocco to close its commercial border with Melilla and gear all commercial and container traffic to the nearby port of Beni ... Read More
Spain Saves 19 Algerian Migrants in Mediterranean
Spanish rescue service said Monday it has saved 19 migrants from Algeria as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean onboard a small boat. Two ... Read More
Europol Seizes Weapons Bound for Occupied Ceuta, Melilla
The European Police Office (Europol) foiled in Rotterdam port an attempt at trafficking a considerable cargo of arms to terrorists in the Spanish-occupied cities of ... Read More
Hundreds of Sub-Saharan Migrants Storm into Melilla
Nearly one hundred Sub-Saharan illegal migrants rampaged on Monday in the streets of the Spanish-occupied city of Melilla in northern Morocco celebrating their entry into ... Read More
Arab Parliamentary Union Calls on Spain to Return Ceuta, Melilla to Morocco
The Arab Parliamentary Union called on Spain to return the occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in addition to the Mediterranean Chafarinas Islands to Morocco. ... Read More
Spain’s King Felipe VI to Pay State Visit to Morocco
King Felipe VI of Spain will pay a state visit to Morocco, his second since he ascended to the throne in June 2014. Local Moroccan ... Read More