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Morocco and Spain agreed to expand cooperation in the fight against illegal migration as Spain reaps benefits of Morocco’s efforts with arrivals in Spanish coasts nearly halving this year. The pledge was made by Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit and his Spanish peer Fernando Grande-Marlaska at a meeting in Rabat this Wednesday. The meeting tackled […]
Moroccan authorities stopped some 400 migrants from jumping the fence surrounding the Spanish occupied enclave of Ceuta. Spanish authorities said that 150 migrants managed to enter the enclave in a major assault on the fence since the 2018 summer. Moroccan authorities said that 9 migrants were injured in the attempt and 90 others arrested. Morocco […]
Morocco topped the list of electricity suppliers to Spain in 2018 with 2088GW per hour, Spanish institute Red Eléctrica de España said. The institute said that 76% of electricity trade flows on the border were taken by Morocco while the remaining 24% by Spain. Morocco and Spain will further boost their electric connectivity with a […]
The Spanish Ministers’ Council Friday approved a grant of €32.2 million to help Morocco in its efforts to control illegal immigration from the North African kingdom to Spanish southern shores. This aid, which aims to support international police cooperation, comes from the budget of the Spanish Home Affairs Ministry. It will support Moroccan authorities’ […]
Morocco and Spain promised to protect the rights of Moroccan female seasonal workers who travel every year to the region of Huelva to work in strawberry fields. In 2018-2019 season they were 14,583 who worked in Huelva in an operation lauded in a joint Moroccan-Spanish statement as “successful.” This form of regular migration was “beneficial […]
Last April, just few months before he hands over power, the former Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, whose country is involved in the UN talks to resolve the Sahara conflict, made a “confidence” to the Palestinian journalist, Abdel Bari Attwane. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz had then revealed that Western countries simply do not want the establishment […]
Morocco has managed to curb illegal migration flows to Spain by 70% despite the crackdown elsewhere in the Mediterranean that pushed many migrants to consider the Western Mediterranean route. Only 7885 migrants made it illegally to Spanish coasts this month, that is 70% less compared to same month last year, The UN migration agency IOM […]
The celebration of the twentieth anniversary of King Mohammed VI rule was an occasion to highlight the ever-growing ties between Morocco and Spain, two neighbors that cooperate in fields ranging from economy and culture to migration and counter-terrorism. Actually, Morocco’s role in the struggle against terrorism, illegal immigration and drug trafficking is crucial for Spain […]
Spain and Morocco are an “outstanding example” of how neighborhood, with its geographical and historical peculiarities, can be transformed into a strong and fruitful relationship between two friendly countries, which have succeeded in establishing mutual trust, said the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez. “Spain and Morocco are, today more than ever, two countries […]
Spanish security forces have nabbed a Moroccan man wanted for drug trafficking in his country and Europe over the past 14 years. The man, 44, was arrested in Tarifa, southern Spain, as he was about to board a ferry heading to Tangier, northwestern Morocco. Verification of his travel documents revealed that the man is subject […]