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...
Morocco
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...
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...
