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
Morocco
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
At least 44 migrants drown off Western Sahara, aid agency reports
At least 44 migrants drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of the Western Sahara, the migrant aid agency Caminando Fronteras has said.
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
Spain’s ‘abrupt U-turn’ on Western Sahara sends ambassadors in and out
Morocco on Sunday reinstated its ambassador to Spain, ending a 10-month row between the two countries after Madrid shifted its long-standing position on Western Sahara,
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
Guardia Civil dismantle drugs ring that used helicopters from Morocco to Spain
Spain’s Guardia Civil has dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern Spain by helicopter, before transporting it to
NGO report claims over 4,400 migrants died trying to reach Spain during 2021
Over 4,400 migrants died or disappeared during 2021, whilst travelling by sea to try and reach Spain, according to a report published on Monday by
Diplomatic offensive as Algeria-Morocco stand-off threatens Spain’s gas supplies
Energy supply experts have highlighted a risk that Spain’s gas supplies could be reduced significantly in the near term, as a pipeline arrangement between Algeria
