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Migrants are increasingly shunning the Libyan routes for security reasons in favor of the closer and less risky Moroccan-Spanish land and sea borders. Some 400 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa reached Spain on Thursday after storming a double barrier between Morocco and the Spain-occupied enclave of Ceuta, with some attacking security forces with quicklime, police told […]
After weeks of rumors, the thrilling game opposing Barcelona to Seville will be hosted in Morocco. The game, to be played outside Spain for the first time, will take place at Ibn Batouta stadium in Tangier on Sunday, August 12. The choice for a single game at a neutral stadium in Morocco will spare the […]
The Spanish city of Seville and capital of Andalusia is hosting this July 16 through 20 the fifth World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), which serves as a platform for debate and exchange of information on the latest studies concerning the Middle East. The studies encompass diverse perspectives, from conflict analysis and resolution to […]
Morocco has formally rejected the creation of migrants’ reception centers in the Kingdom as it deems the measure unhelpful to address illegal migration. “Morocco rejects and has always rejected these kinds of methods for managing the issue of migration flows,” Nasser Bourita said in Rabat after meeting his Spanish counterpart Josep Borrell. Bourita expressed satisfaction […]
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell hailed on Thursday in Rabat the sound friendship ties and the strategic partnership existing between Morocco and Spain, which are sharing, he said, common history and interests. The two countries “are not only friends and neighbors, but they are also strategic partners determined to strengthen further their bilateral […]
The Atlas Lions delivered one of the most enjoyable and thrilling performances in Russia 2018, dominating Iran and Portugal but losing to both due to bad lack and unfair refereeing. In their last game in group B, they almost beat Spain if it wasn’t for the unfair use of the VAR, which ironically was called […]
After protests at sexual harassment and ill-treatment by some Moroccan female seasonal farm workers in the strawberry producing region of Huelva, Moroccan and Spanish authorities promised to ensure them more protection. The promise was made by Morocco’s Minister of Employment and Professional Integration, Mohamed Yatim, and Spanish Ambassador to Morocco, Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner Rodriguez. The move […]
Convinced of the key role played by Morocco in the fight against terrorism in Europe, France, Belgium and Spain mull setting up a unified front with the North African country to counter the growing terror threats. Morocco’s powerful intelligence agency, national police force, paramilitary police and Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations work closely with their […]
Newly elected Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez will pay his first overseas visit to Morocco in keeping with a diplomatic tradition that makes the North African country the first foreign trip for Spanish PMs. Moroccan and Spanish media are already talking of a planned visit by the new Spanish PM to Morocco, saying that diplomatic services […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, commended Spain for the “constructive” role it plays in the Sahara issue through seeking a political solution to the conflict. The Moroccan top diplomat told a news conference in Rabat following talks Wednesday with his visiting Spanish counterpart, Alfonso Dastis, that the Sahara issue was discussed at this meeting in […]