18+ hour, 50+ min ago   (342+ words) The Spanish government on Sunday said more than 5,300 of the migrants who remained in Ceuta after July’s influx had returned to Morocco in a month, as it faces pressure to restore normality to the increasingly tense city. The new figures…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (93+ words) HESPRESS English - Morocco News Moroccan authorities and Sudan’s embassy organized a voluntary return operation from Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport on Friday, Sept. 11, involving 137 Sudanese migrants, MAP reported. The operation formed part of Morocco’s migration and asylum policy, which includes…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (271+ words) Ceuta President Juan Vivas returned from Brussels without a commitment from European institutions to take action against Morocco over the mass crossings of July 30 and 31, although the European Commission has approved emergency support for Spain. Speaking Friday, September 11, the People’s…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (248+ words) Six Moroccan men acquitted in Somalia remain in pretrial detention in Morocco more than four months after their return, with questioning by an investigating judge expected on Sept. 17, a source familiar with the case said. The men, who returned in…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (292+ words) More than 2,000 people have landed in Djibouti this week after fleeing the uptick in fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed government, the United Nations said on Sunday. Tens of thousands have taken flight in the wake of a…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (277+ words) U.S. presidential adviser for African and Middle Eastern affairs Massad Boulos has reaffirmed Washington’s support for efforts to reach a lasting political settlement to the Sahara dispute, saying any solution should be acceptable to the parties involved. Boulos made the remarks…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (726+ words) A vote in Spain’s Congress of Deputies on a bill that would ease access to Spanish citizenship for certain Sahrawis has reignited political and legal debate over Spain’s former administration of the territory and its relationship with Morocco. The bill…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (205+ words) Moroccan authorities have reinforced security around Fnideq and routes toward Ceuta following social media calls for another mass crossing into the Spanish enclave, sources familiar with the measures said. Checkpoints on roads leading to Tetouan and Fnideq are monitoring movements…...