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Rome, May 18, 2022 – The land borders between Spain and Morocco reopen after two years. Suspended during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020, these border crossings in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, remained closed due to the diplomatic crisis of 2021, over the burning issue of Western Sahara.
On March 18, Madrid ended almost a year of diplomatic crisis and recognized Morocco’s autonomy plan for this disputed territory. The crisis was provoked by the reception in Spain of the Sahrawi separatist leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali. The diplomatic clash between Rabat and Madrid had resulted in the arrival in May 2021 of over 10,000 migrants in Ceuta in 24 hours, thanks to an intentional relaxation of controls by the Moroccan side.
