Morocco

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Death toll climbs to 23 after migrants try to storm Melilla en masse

The Nomad Today 6/27/22

 However, NGOs working in the area put the death toll at least 37

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Rights group: Morocco used force against migrants storming Melilla

The Nomad Today 6/26/22

The independent Moroccan Association of Human Rights, known by the French acronym AMDH, believes the final death toll is higher than reported

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain to reopen the land borders with Morocco on 17 May

The Nomad Today 5/12/22

Starting next Tuesday, May 31, legally recognized cross-border workers will also be able to enter Spanish territory

Spain

TRANSIT

Spain to mobilize 16,000 police officers for Operation Crossing the Strait

The Nomad Today 5/9/22

Isabel Goicoechea recalled the logistical and security challenge posed by the OPE, with the movement by sea of more than three million people and more than seven hundred thousand vehicles over a…

Moving to Spain

IMMIGRATION

Spain and Morocco agree on joint migration deterrence effort

The Nomad Today 5/9/22

The new contact between representatives of both countries became possible after Spain gave in on a decades-long dispute over the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara

Economy & Business

ENERGY CRISIS

Algeria threatens Spain with breaking the gas supply contract

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

Morocco has asked for support to guarantee its energy security on the basis of trade relations and Spain has responded to the request, which has caused irritation in Algiers

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Outrage in Spain over upside down flag in Sanchez's meeting with Mohammed VI

The Nomad Today 4/9/22

The Government of Madrid considers the case a mere anecdote caused by carelessness, but it is not the first incident that occurs in Morocco related to the symbols displayed before Spanish authorities

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain and Morocco strike deal to reopen Ceuta and Melilla borders

The Nomad Today 4/8/22

Sanchez's trip to Morocco has been preceded by controversy

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Moroccan ambassador returns to Madrid after U-turn on W Sahara

The Nomad Today 3/20/22

Algeria, currently in a political spat with Morocco, reacted by saying that Spain "betrayed" the Saharawi people

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Algeria withdraws ambassador to Spain in row over Western Sahara

The Nomad Today 3/20/22

Western Sahara was a Spanish colony until 1975 but after Spain's withdrawal, Morocco annexed parts of the territory, located on the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain accepts autonomous W Sahara within Morocco in historic shift

The Nomad Today 3/19/22

The Spanish left-wing party Unidas Podemos , junior partner of the Socialists in the governing coalition, criticized Sanchez's move and stressed that the wishes of the Western Sahara inhabitants…

World

TERRORISM

Terror investigation after fatal attack on French woman in Morocco

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/20/22

The arrested man had also tried to kill a Belgian woman in Agadir with a sharp weapon

Spain

IMMIGRATION

Two dead, 40 missing after boat sinks between Morocco and Canaries

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/17/22

The Alarm Phone aid project tweeted that the rescue operation by the Moroccan authorities had been long delayed and was launched 11 hours after the first emergency signal

Coronavirus

TRAVEL

Morocco suspends all incoming flights over new Covid-19 variant

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/21

The temporary ban will take effect on Monday for two weeks

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Police investigate whether Palma plane deviation organized on Facebook

The Nomad Today 11/8/21

"Follow this plan: all the boys from Brooklyn to book a plane to Turkey that flies over Spain," reads a text posted by the administrator

World

WESTERN SAHARA

Algeria says Moroccan forces killed three civilians in Western Sahara

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/4/21

"Their assassination will not go unpunished," the Algerian presidency said

Spain

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Spain "congratulates" the new tycoon-led Moroccan government

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/8/21

Mohammed VI designated his friend the billionaire Aziz Akhannouch, the second richest man in the country after the king himself, to form the government

World

ELECTIONS

Morocco's ruling Islamists defeated by liberals after decade in power

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/9/21

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has been in power since 2011, won just 12 seats in the country's 395-seat parliament

Spain

DIPLOMATIC CONFLICT

Spain keeps head of Western Sahara independence movement out of jail

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/1/21

Spain, which ruled Western Sahara as a colonial power until 1975, does not recognize Morocco's territorial claims.

Spain

UPDATE - MIGRATORY CRISIS

Spain returns to Morocco 4,000 North Africans who entered illegally

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/18/21

In the past day, 8,000 migrants managed to walk along the coast to the border fence to Ceuta.