Showing posts with label Ceuta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ceuta. Show all posts

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Le Maroc repousse des centaines de migrants qui tentaient d’entrer dans l’enclave espagnole de Ceuta

LE MONDE : C’est la troisième fois en moins d’un mois que des migrants essaient de passer la frontière, sans y parvenir. La coopération entre Rabat et Madrid est citée en exemple.

Un millier de migrants d’Afrique subsaharienne ont, selon la presse marocaine, tenté de franchir la clôture qui sépare le Maroc de l’enclave espagnole de Ceuta, vendredi 17 novembre au matin. Divisés en plusieurs groupes, ils ont convergé vers trois endroits : au nord de la ville, au niveau du quartier de Benzú, au sud, à proximité de la plage de Tarajal, et plus à l’est, dans la zone de Finca Berrocal. La plupart a été stoppée en territoire marocain par les forces de l’ordre, mais une centaine a réussi à s’approcher de la barrière extérieure de Ceuta, quelques-uns parvenant à l’escalader sans toutefois la franchir, selon la Guardia Civil espagnole. » | Par Alexandre Aublanc (Casablanca, correspondance) | samedi 18 novembre 2023

Saturday, August 07, 2021

Ceuta: un morceau d’Espagne au Maghreb

La presqu’île de Ceuta s’enfonce dans la Méditerranée. Au fond, le mont Hacho. PASCAL MAITRE pour Le Figaro Magazine

LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - Sur la côte d’Afrique du Nord, face à Gibraltar, la ville autonome dont la moitié des habitants est musulmane maintient une présence espagnole sous le regard envieux des Marocains.

De nos envoyés spéciaux Jean-Marc Gonin (texte) et Pascal Maitre / MYOP (photos)

Ceuta est-elle un morceau d’Espagne en Afrique ou un bout d’Afrique en Espagne? Est-elle en Europe ou au Maghreb? Accéder à ce territoire espagnol de la rive sud de la Méditerranée appartient aux rares voyages où une heure et demie de ferry suffit pour changer de continent tout en restant dans le même pays. Située sur le détroit de Gibraltar, à la pointe septentrionale du Maroc, à 75 kilomètres à l’est de Tanger et à 40 kilomètres au nord de Tétouan, la péninsule de Ceuta ressemble à un doigt pointé vers la Méditerranée. Le mont Hacho qui la surplombe constitue avec le célèbre rocher britannique de l’autre côté du détroit les fameuses Colonnes d’Hercule. La mythologie veut que le héros grec ait réussi par sa seule force à briser une montagne en deux, ouvrant le passage entre océan Atlantique et mer Méditerranée.

Cette situation géographique privilégiée permettant le contrôle des 14 kilomètres qui séparent Afrique … » | Par Jean-Marc Gonin | vendredi 6 août 2021

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Spain: "The Mediterranean Corridor of Jihadism"

Samira Yerou was arrested March 7 at Barcelona's airport, on
suspicion of running a jihadist recruiting network.
GATESTONE INSTITUTE: The arrests have, once again, cast a spotlight on the problem of radical Islam in Catalonia, which has the largest Muslim population in Spain. The region is home to an estimated 465,000 Muslims, who account for more than 6% of the total Catalan population of 7.5 million.

Catalonia is home to approximately 465,000 Muslims. At least 10% of them are estimated to be "radicals" who are hardcore believers in the "doctrine of jihadism." — Jofre Montoto, Catalan terrorism analyst.

In February, the lower house of the Spanish Congress approved far-reaching changes to the country's penal code, as a way to combat Islamic extremism and support for the Islamic State.

Under the new law, anyone convicted of carrying out a terrorist attack will be subject to a life sentence (35 years) without the possibility of parole. The law also calls for 20-year sentences for anyone convicted of supplying weapons to terrorists, or ten-year sentences for funding terror networks.


Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan woman on suspicion of running a jihadist recruiting network for the Islamic State.

Samira Yerou, 32, was arrested at Barcelona's El Prat airport on March 7 upon her arrival on a flight from Turkey, where authorities had detained her for trying illegally to enter Syria with her three-year-old son, a Spanish citizen.

Police say Yerou, who lives in Rubí, a Catalan town situated 15 kilometers north of Barcelona, disappeared in December 2014, while her son's father, a Moroccan-Spaniard, was away on a trip to Morocco. Spanish authorities issued an international warrant for Yerou's arrest.

In a statement, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Yerou had specialized in recruiting women from Europe and North Africa to join the Islamic State. She allegedly became interested in militant Islam after visiting Morocco during the summer of 2013, and later became radicalized through the Internet by "spending many hours consulting" jihadist websites. The boy, who was unharmed, has been returned to his father.

Yerou is one of at least 50 jihadists who have been arrested in Spain during the past twelve months alone. Most of the arrests have taken place in Catalonia and in Spain's North African exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. » | Soeren Kern | Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

King of Morocco Pulls a Snit Over Visit of Spanish Royal Family

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BBC: Morocco's king has strongly condemned the visit by the Spanish monarch to the disputed Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the north Moroccan coast.

King Mohammed VI said it had hurt the feelings of the Moroccan people.

In a rare statement to cabinet, he said the unprecedented visit by King Juan Carlos was offensive and jeopardised future relations between the countries.

Morocco has long been demanding control over the two enclaves, which have been Spanish for some 400 years.

This is the first time the Spanish king has visited Ceuta and Melilla as head of state in his 32-year reign.

Morocco withdrew its ambassador from Madrid in protest. Morocco king condemns royal visit (more)

Mark Alexander