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Morocco wants Ceuta: EU still providing Morocco with funds to supposedly control its border

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Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi has made controversial comments on Moroccan television announcing that Morocco seeks to annex the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

The Justice Minister made this comments as he was discussing the Ceuta migrant crisis on Saudi-television Asharq News last Tuesday. The Minister said that the Moroccan government engages in regularly talks with Spain over the “return” of Ceuta and Melilla but no progress is being made in this issue. In another interview with Spanish TV on the following day, the Justice Minister also said that they are seeking the return of Moroccan children but ongoing disputes with the Spanish government may lead the Moroccan government to cancel its extradition treaty with Spain.

Ceuta and Melilla have never been part of the modern state of Morocco throughout history. Morocco gained its independence in 1956 while Ceuta and Melila have been under Spanish domain since the 17th and 15th century respectively.

The EU has provided Morocco with a disbursement of up to €150 million in the span of three years for border-control with €33 million estimated to be disbursed this year alone. This funds are still in process of being disbursed despite the Ceuta crisis last month when up to 70,000 Moroccan migrants crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta illegally.

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