Italy and Spain lift border controls after months of tension over Ceuta
More than 70,000 people entered Ceuta irregularly from Morocco, triggering border security concerns in the EU bloc.
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More than 70,000 people entered Ceuta irregularly from Morocco, triggering border security concerns in the EU bloc.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI formally appoints the members of his country's new government, led for the first time in its history by a woman prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri.
King Felipe VI on Tuesday said Ceuta and Melilla were "an inalienable part" of Spain as he made a landmark visit to the north African territories claimed by neighbouring Morocco. But the monarch, who rarely makes political interventions, emphasised Spain's need to "maintain good neighbourly relations" with Rabat after July's unprecedented migrant surge into Ceuta strained historically delicate ties. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid, Spain.
Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags filled Ceuta on Tuesday as King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia made a diplomatically sensitive visit to the city following July's migrant influx from Morocco. Their trip is the first royal visit since 2007, when a diplomatic crisis erupted with neighbouring Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Spain's other North African territory of Melilla.
King Felipe VI on Tuesday said Ceuta and Melilla were "an inalienable part" of Spain as he made a landmark visit to the north African territories claimed by neighbouring Morocco. "Ceuta and Melilla are an inalienable part of the political and national reality that is Spain. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country are not negotiable," Felipe said. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
Spain’s King Felipe VI has called for “good neighbourly relations” with Morocco during a landmark visit to Ceuta, as tensions over migration continue to test relations between the two neighbours and highlight the human cost of Europe’s borders
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta for the first time since 2007, amid tensions with Morocco following July’s migration crisis, when more than 70,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave. Most returned to Morocco, but thousands remained, and dozens died. Morocco claims sovereignty over Ceuta, making the royal visit diplomatically sensitive. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris has more from Madrid.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia kicked off their first visit to Ceuta on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with residents of the Spanish city in North Africa as they grapple with a migration crisis that has strained relations with Morocco. The royal couple will then travel to Melilla, Spain’s other North African exclave, on Wednesday. It will be the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the two cities since Felipe’s father, Juan Carlos I, toured them in 2007. Their visit comes after about 80,000...
Moroccan Prime Minister Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, announced on Monday the formation of a coalition with the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the Party of Progress and Socialism.
Felipe VI’s first visit to Ceuta and Melilla as king brings Spain’s territorial dispute with Morocco back into focus.
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