Why Ceuta and Melilla Remain a Point of Contention Between Spain and Morocco
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Why Ceuta and Melilla remain a point of contention between Spain and Morocco
The arrival of more than 72,000 migrants in Ceuta from Morocco this summer reignited the debate over Spain's sovereignty on the two autonomous cities on the North African coast. Morocco has claimed this sovereignty since the 1960s, and King Felipe VI's planned visit on October 13 is intended as yet another symbolic rejection of those claims.
Morocco follows closely the preparations, the agenda and every detail of which will be the first visit of King Philip VI and Queen Letizia to the cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The expectation and attention given to it by the Moroccan media contrasts with the silence that, at least until this Monday afternoon, the authorities have maintained. The last visit of a Spanish monarch to the autonomous cities, in 2007, provoked a diplomatic crisis with R…
This is the first visit of a Spanish sovereign since that of Juan Carlos, the father of Felipe VI, in 2007, who had then provoked a diplomatic crisis with Rabat. Wednesday, Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will go to Melilla, the other Spanish enclave located in North African territory. This displacement occurs less than seven weeks from the early elections of 29 November, while the migration issue is expected to be one of the main themes of the camp…
King Philip VI makes on Tuesday the first visit in 20 years of a Spanish Head of State to Ceuta, whose sovereignty is claimed by Morocco and where in July more than 70,000 people entered illegally.
The autonomous city prepares for the Tuesday visit of Felipe VI and Letizia as the tension in the settlements grows in the face of the fear of imminent eviction
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