Spanish and Moroccan police dismantle suspected jihadist cell, with 11 arrests
Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials confirmed this week. The operation led to...
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13 migrants sent to prison in Morocco for 30 months following Spain crossing attempt
A court in Morocco has sentenced 13 migrants, mostly from Sudan, to 30 months in prison over a mass attempt to scale the border fence...
Spain will ‘totally collaborate’ with Melilla migrant death investigations
Madrid will offer ‘total collaboration’ with the Spanish and Moroccan investigations into the deaths of at least 23 migrants during a mass attempt to enter...
African Union Commission urges probe into deaths at Spain-Morocco border
The African Union Commission president, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has voiced his shock at the ‘violent and degrading’ treatment of African migrants trying to cross from Morocco into...
Madrid prepares to host NATO summit, seeking focus on southern security
Although the Russian war in Ukraine is set to dominate the forthcoming NATO summit in Madrid from Tuesday to Thursday, Spain will be lobbying the Western alliance...
Calls for investigation after death toll rises to 37 at Melilla border fence
Updated on Sunday 26 June at 12h. The number of people who were killed after they tried to scale a border fence between Morocco and...
Southern Spain to see huge Europe-Morocco migration after Covid-19
Morocco has begun welcoming an influx of its citizens living in Europe after the Covid pandemic led to a halt in what has been called...
Spain to re-open land borders with Morocco on 17 May
Spain will re-open the land borders of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco on Tuesday 17 May – precisely from midnight between Monday and Tuesday of next...
Pedro Sánchez visits Morocco to mark ‘new stage’ after Western Sahara reversal
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez travelled to Rabat on Thursday to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI in a landmark visit ending a year-long diplomatic...
Hundreds of migrants cross into Spain’s Melilla for second day
For a second day running, hundreds of people tried to climb over the fences that separate the Spanish city of Melilla in North Africa from...
