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☆ Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's new cabinet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez takes the oath of office during a ceremony at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain November 17, 2023. Andres Ballesteros/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday announced his new cabinet, keeping the same number of 22 ministers, 12 women and 10 men, despite reshuffling some of their portfolios. SOCIALIST MINISTERS:NADIA CALVINO - ECONOMYCalvino remains as Sanchez's first deputy prime minister and top economic expert. FELIX BOLANOS - JUSTICEBolanos saw his profile boosted by heightened media exposure while acting as Sanchez's de facto cabinet chief. SIRA REGO - CHILDREN AND YOUTHThe second-in-command and main spokesperson for the United Left, she became an MEP in 2019.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Andres Ballesteros, NADIA CALVINO, Calvino, Sanchez's, TERESA RIBERA, Ribera, MARIA JESUS MONTERO, Sanchez, Montero, FELIX BOLANOS, JUSTICE Bolanos, JOSE MANUEL ALBARES, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, MARGARITA ROBLES, Robles, FERNANDO GRANDE, Miquel Iceta, PILAR ALEGRIA, Alegria, Isabel Rodriguez, ISABEL RODRIGUEZ, Rodriguez, JOSE LUIS ESCRIVA, DIANA MORANT, LUIS PLANAS, Puente, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, JORDI HEREU, Hereu, Hector Gomez, ANGEL VICTOR TORRES, Torres, ELMA SAIZ, Escriva, Redondo, Podemos party's Irene Montero, SUMAR, YOLANDA DIAZ, LABOUR Diaz, Sumar, MONICA GARCIA, Garcia, Isabel Diez Ayuso, ERNEST URTASUN, PABLO BUSTINDUY, Bustinduy, Alberto Garzon, Ione Belarra, SIRA REGO, David Latona, Aislinn Laing, Grant McCool Organizations: Spain's, REUTERS Acquire, Spanish, Monday, European Investment Bank, JUSTICE, High, Culture, Social Security, Universities, Democratic, Socialist, ANA REDONDO, LABOUR, Mas Madrid, Greens, European Free Alliance, Consumer Affairs, United Left, Thomson Locations: Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain, Dubai, France, Morocco, Ukraine, Melilla, Gandia, Valladolid, Barcelona, Canary, Bolanos, Pamplona, Navarre, Mas, Podemos, Gaza, SIRA, Israel

☆ Amnesty accuses Spain and Morocco of cover-up over Melilla enclave migrant deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Joan Faus | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BARCELONA, June 23 (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Friday accused Spain and Morocco of a cover-up for failing to properly investigate events at the border of the Spanish enclave of Melilla last year, when tens of migrants and refugees died during a mass attempted crossing. On June 24 2002, around 2,000 Sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees attempted to enter Spain's North African enclave from Morocco. Morocco said 23 people died in a crush when migrants fell from the fence, and Spain has said no deaths occurred on its soil. "One year on from the carnage at Melilla, Spanish and Moroccan authorities not only continue to deny any responsibility but are preventing attempts to find the truth," said Amnesty International's Secretary General, Agnes Callamard. Spain's Attorney General investigated the Melilla incident but declined to charge Spanish officers who he said had been unaware of the fatal crush.

Persons: Spain, Agnes Callamard, Callamard, Joan Faus, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Amnesty, Human Rights, Spain's Interior Ministry, Spain's, Authorities, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: BARCELONA, Morocco, Melilla, Spain's, Spain, Spanish, Libya, Italy

"It was a day of pain and rage," demonstrator Luisa Menendez, 73, told Reuters, referring to June 24, 2022. In a report released to mark the anniversary, Amnesty International accused Spain and Morocco of a cover-up for failing to properly investigate events at the Melilla border last year. In the incident, around 2,000 migrants and refugees from sub-Saharan Africa attempted to enter Melilla from Morocco. Separately, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said last month there is "no genuine and effective access to asylum at the border" between Nador (Morocco) and Melilla. Reporting by Joan Faus and Elena Rodriguez Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Luna Reyes, Read, Luisa Menendez, Spain, Beatriz Sanchez, Joan Faus, Elena Rodriguez, Alexandra Hudson, Frances Kerry Organizations: Borders, Moroccan, Reuters, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Spain's Interior Ministry, Migration Affairs, of, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Morocco, Spain, El, Ceuta, MADRID, BARCELONA, Europe, Melilla, Madrid, Africa, Nador

☆ Ombudsman to investigate if Spain delayed migrant rescue
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, June 23 (Reuters) - Spain's ombudsman is to investigate the sinking of a dinghy headed to the Canary Islands from Morocco on Wednesday after more than 30 migrants were feared dead. Migration-focused organisations Walking Borders and Alarm Phone criticised Spain and Morocco this week for not intervening earlier to rescue the vessel's passengers. Two people, a child and an adult man, were found dead while 24 migrants were rescued by Morocco, Spain's maritime rescue service said. The ministry statement said the maritime rescue service complied with international search and rescue procedures. "At no time did the Moroccan authorities ask Spain's rescue service for assistance or mobilisation of resources, except in the final moments when the mobilisation of a helicopter was requested.

Persons: Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Alison Williams Organizations: Borders, United Nations, Transport, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Canary Islands, Morocco, Spain, Spain's, Melilla, Spanish, Madrid, Rabat

☆ Fact Check-Video shows people climbing Spain-Morocco fence, not US-Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A clip depicting people climbing a high border fence separating the Spanish city of Melilla in North Africa from Morocco traces to March 2022. The footage has been miscaptioned in social media posts claiming it was recorded at the U.S.-Mexico border as a COVID-19 border restriction known as Title 42 is due to end later this month. A video on Instagram features on screen text that says, “This is what the border really looks like. Many Republicans and a few Democrats fear its expiry will result in a rise in immigration to a level border authorities cannot manage. Videos in this clip were recorded in Spain’s Melilla border fence in 2022.

☆ A Spanish Team Endures on a Toehold in Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( James Montague | Samuel Aranda | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

CEUTA, Spain — From the top of Alfonso Murube Stadium, you can see the peninsula of Ceuta stretching out into the Mediterranean Sea. Out on the water, ferries shuttle back and forth across the narrow Strait of Gibraltar to the coastline of southern Spain, just 30 short minutes away. Ceuta, a sliver of land seven square miles in size, hangs on to the edge of Africa, as thin as a toenail. But it is not part of Africa, not officially. It is a rarity for Spain, too, as a city where the Muslim and Christian populations are of similar size.

[1/3] The border fence between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave Melilla is seen along a road, December 11, 2014. Bilateral trade rose to 17 billion euros in 2022, making Spain Morocco's biggest trade partner. The disputes underscore Spain's dependence on Morocco to control migration by Moroccans and sub-Saharan Africans seeking to cross the European Union's southernmost border. Some observers say the drop in migration could prove temporary and that Spain remains too dependent on Morocco. For a sustained fall in migration, Spain needs more cooperation with Morocco when it comes to repatriating illegal Moroccan migrants, said Blanca Garces, senior researcher in migration at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.

[1/3] Migrants run towards the fence separating Morocco from Spain, after thousands of migrants swam across the border, in Ceuta, Spain, May 19, 2021. Spanish exports to Algeria fell 41% to 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) in the January-November 2022 period compared with a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Industry. State-owned railway operators Renfe and Adif are working with their Moroccan counterpart to develop new train lines, which could mean 6 billion euros of business. A joint declaration made no mention of Spain's enclaves in Morocco although it reiterated Spain's new position on Western Sahara. Both countries agreed to cooperate on repatriations of illegal migrants.

☆ Spain says it is open to sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Belén Carreño | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Spain's defence minister said on Wednesday Madrid was open to providing Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks, after Germany agreed to send the tanks and said NATO allies could do the same. Spain has 108 2A4 tanks, according to security and defence researcher Felix Arteaga of the Elcano think-tank. In late 2022, Spain delivered its largest package of defence materiel for Ukraine to date, sending to the logistics hub in Poland heavy weapons, long-range and anti-tank ammunition. Spain has sent four U.S.-made HAWK air defence systems and has committed to sending two more. It is also offering medical treatment to wounded Ukrainian soldiers, and air defence training at its air base in Toledo.

☆ Migrants flee plane forced to land in Spain by fake childbirth emergency
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Joan Faus | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Journalists gather after a commercial airplane flying from Morocco to Turkey made an emergency landing in Barcelona's El Prat airport in the early hours and 28 would-be migrants on board ran away across the tarmac in Barcelona, Spain December 7, 2022. After landing at El Prat airport, the woman was checked at a hospital and found she had not gone into labour, the government said. Police detained 14 people who were on the plane operated by Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, while 14 others were still missing, the government said. It said five were put back on the plane and eight others would be deported to Morocco. Reporting by Joan Faus, Inti Landauro; Editing by Andrei Khalip and Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Spain fans were dejected to see their team crash out of the tournament. "We go back to Spain crying and we will have to reflect," said Julia Calvet, 21, in a Barcelona bar. In Barcelona, Morocco fans packed into the central Raval neighbourhood to celebrate, lighting flares and singing. "We needed to win so that Moroccans have confidence in themselves in Spain," Anass, a 22-year-old Moroccan cook told Reuters in downtown Barcelona. Spain retained the enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta, which were previously colonial territories, after Morocco gained independence in 1956.

☆ Spania ar putea include deplin Ceuta şi Melilla, cele două exclave spaniole din nordul Africii în spaţiul Schengen
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-15 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: AFPSpania ar putea include deplin Ceuta şi Melilla, cele două exclave spaniole din nordul Africii în spaţiul SchengenMinistrul de externe al Spaniei, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, spune că guvernul de la Madrid ia în considerare să includă deplin Ceuta şi Melilla, cele două exclave spaniole din nordul Africii, în spaţiul Schengen de liberă circulaţie a persoanelor. În prezent, marocanii din oraşele din jurul exclavelor pot intra fără vize, dar au nevoie de viză pentru a călători pe cale aeriană sau maritimă în Spania continentală sau în alte ţări din spaţiul Schengen. Intenţia guvernului spaniol survine pe fondul unei dispute cu Marocul în legătură cu Sahara Occidentală, fostă colonie spaniolă considerată „teritoriu non-autonom” de către ONU în absenţa unei reglementări definitive, şi asupra căreia Marocul revendică suveranitatea, relatează Reuters, citată de Digi24. Şefa diplomaţiei spaniole a refuzat să comenteze cu privire la această dispută, spunând că ministerul său lucrează „în condiţii de discreţie”. Relaţiile diplomatice dintre cele două state s-au tensionat după ce Spania l-a primit, la sfârşitul lunii aprilie, pe şeful Frontului Polisario (mişcarea de independenţă din Sahara occidentală), Brahim Ghali, venit pentru tratament medical.

Persons: Arancha Gonzalez, Şefa Organizations: ONU, Reuters Locations: Spania, Ceuta, Melilla, Africii, Spaniei, Arancha, Madrid, Marocul, Sahara Occidentală, Sahara

☆ Spania asigură că va ''restabili ordinea'' în enclava Ceuta asaltată de migranţi, o ''gravă criză pentru Europa''
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Premierul spaniol Pedro Sanchez a promis marţi că va restabili ordinea în enclava Ceuta, unde peste 6.000 de migranţi au pătruns în ultimele două zile venind dinspre Maroc, pe fondul unei crize diplomatice majore între această ţară şi Spania, relatează agenţiile AFP şi EFE. ''Vom restabili ordinea în oraş şi la frontierele noastre cât mai rapid posibil'', a spus într-o scurtă alocuţiune televizată şeful guvernului spaniol, înainte de a pleca în Ceuta şi Melilla, cele două enclave spaniole din nordul Marocului şi singurele frontiere terestre ale Africii cu Uniunea Europeană. ''Acest aflux brusc de migranţi ilegali este o gravă criză pentru Spania şi pentru Europa'', a adăugat Sanchez.Potrivit jurnaliştilor AFP la faţa locului, de partea marocană a frontierei situaţia este confuză. ''Marocul este o ţară prietenă Spaniei şi aşa trebuie să rămână'', a mai spus premierul socialist spaniol, avertizând însă autorităţile marocane că va garanta integritatea teritorială a Spaniei ''cu toate mijloacele necesare''.În timp ce unii comentatori fac o legătură între acest val migrator şi criza diplomatică dintre Spania şi Maroc, în sensul că ar fi vorba despre represalii ale Marocului după găzduirea liderului Frontului Polisario în Spania, ministrul spaniol de externe Arancha Gonzalez Laya a declarat luni seară că responsabili marocani, pe care nu i-a numit, au asigurat Madridul că ceea ce se întâmplă în enclavele spaniole din nordul Marocului nu este un efect al dezacordului pe acest subiect.Statele Unite au recunoscut în decembrie suveranitatea Marocului asupra Saharei Occidentale. Frontul Polisario, susţinut de Algeria, revendică independenţa acestui teritoriu.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Fernando, Sanchez, Arancha Gonzalez Laya Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Frontului, Arancha, Frontul Locations: Ceuta, Maroc, Spania, Melilla, Marocului, Africii, Europa, Africa subsahariană, Madrid, Rabat, Frontului Polisario, Sahara Occidentală, spaniol, Fernando Grande, Marocul, Spaniei, Polisario, Unite, Saharei Occidentale, Algeria

☆ Exclava spaniolă Ceuta, luată cu asalt de mii de migranți. Spania a trimis armata
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Peste 5 000 de migranţi din Maroc, printre care şi sute de copii, au ajuns în ultimele două zile în enclava spaniolă Ceuta. Aceştia au folosit bărci gonflabile sau pneumatice, iar unii au ajuns înotând. Din cauza numărului record de persoane, autorităţile au mobilizat armata. Migranţii încearcă cu regularitate să ajungă în Ceuta înotând sau escaladând gardurile înalte de frontieră. Atât Ceuta, cât şi Melilla, cealaltă enclavă spaniolă situată pe coasta marocană, constituie singurele frontiere terestre ale Uniunii Europene cu Africa.

Persons: Aceştia, Maroc . Migranţii Organizations: Ceuta, Uniunii Europene Locations: migranţi, Maroc, Ceuta, Ceuta înotând, Melilla, spaniolă, Africa

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