Tag: Melilla

Morocco: Illegal migration attempt foiled between Tetuan and Sebta.

June 27, 2022

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

August 10, 2020

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

May 15, 2020

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

October 22, 2018

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

August 31, 2018

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

July 24, 2017

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

July 1, 2017

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

May 10, 2017

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

March 22, 2017

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

December 15, 2016

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