Ceuta, Spain and Morocco
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Members of Morocco’s community in Spain have condemned the tearing of the Moroccan flag during demonstrations this week against the Spanish government’s migration policies, accusing far-right political forces of exploiting issues involving Morocco for domestic political gain.
Minister presses police chief over probe that reportedly accuses Moroccan security forces of orchestrating influx
Since the mass crossings of July 29 and 30, Spain witnessed a whirlwind of theories seeking to explain their causes, some of them speculative.
Madrid demanded an explanation from its own police after an explosive leaked police report suggested that Moroccan security forces were involved in transporting and pushing migrants towards the border.
This summer, 19 Louisiana Tech students traveled through Spain and Morocco as part of a School of Design study abroad program offered in collaboration with the Louisiana Tech Honors College. Faculty members,
There is a tell in the hysteria. The intensity with which the Spanish state and Spanish public opinion have convulsed over the past month – over Ceuta, over migration, over a handful of posts by a Moroccan analyst – betrays not confidence but its opposite.
The crisis deepened Wednesday after a leaked report alleging Moroccan forces helped push migrants across the border blindsided the government. Madrid denies having ignored warnings of an imminent breach.
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Spanish king’s Ceuta, Melilla visit threatens to reopen sensitive Morocco-Spain dispute
A planned visit by Spain’s King Felipe VI to the North African cities of Ceuta and Melilla could reignite tensions with Morocco, according to Yahya Yahya, head of a Moroccan committee campaigning for the territories’ return.