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The blackmailing #Morocco uses against the #EU& #Spain,and the use of two sensitive topics (#migration & #terrorism) has not started with what happened in #Ceuta. It has been the case along the #EU-#Morocco relations’ history. A quick flashback:
1:used to push #EU to accept #Morocco’s claims to join the #EU in the 90s after being lonely/unwanted in its natural continent,the #AU(b/c of its illegal military #occupation of the neighbouring #WesternSahara)->the #EU submitted but proposed an association agreement instead
2:migration used as key element during negotiations of the 2000 #Association_Agreement to maximise the funds provided to #Morocco by the #EU under the agreement and to get what the #EU calls “Advanced status” under the #ENP (European Neighbouring Policy) with related advantages
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Some 5000 'migrants' cross from #Morocco to occupied enclave of #Ceuta | May 18
- Some swam while others crossed on feet. Videos shared by locals showed Sub-#Sahara'n 'migrants' marching to the enclave.
northafricapost.com/49775-some-500…
Record 5,000 migrants from Morocco reach Spain's Ceuta enclave in one day, authorities say | 3h ago
A spokesman for Ceuta said the scale of the influx, which comes at a time of high tension between Madrid and #Morocco's capital #Rabat, was unprecedented
abc.net.au/news/2021-05-1…
About 5,000 #Moroccans illegally enter #Spain’s #Ceuta enclave -government spokesman | May 18
- Crowds of mostly young people swam onto the beach, some running or showing thumbs up, footage by local media Faro showed, - activity started overnight...
oann.com/about-5000-mor…
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Wonder if #UAE will help #Israel bomb #Gaza too: “Don’t rule out the possibility Israelis & UAE ..train together in Abu Dhabi.” That is the suggestion of an airforce training exercise in 2019, in which an Emirati squadron operated alongside an Israeli one” mondoweiss.net/2020/09/trump-…
“The big question is Who will go next? Other Arab countries are rumored to be hankering for U.S. gifts. The Saudis and Egyptians will ask for the F-35.”
So much profit from occupation of Palestine. A veritable bonanza of bonuses!
“The #Sudanis want to get off U.S. terr list.… The #Moroccans would like recognition of their rule over #WesternSahara. Each one has their own pet project, what they would get for normalizing wIsrael.”
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#Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni sentenced to prison for premarital sex and an abortion she says she didn’t in what critics have described as a politically-motivated trial nytimes.com/2019/09/30/wor… #FreeHajar
“The trial was perhaps the most prominent example yet in a pattern of arrests and prosecutions of journalists who are critical of the state, on charges seemingly unrelated to their reporting.” #FreeHajar
Her case has sparked protests and a torrent of commentary and criticism online. Many called for greater press freedom and for an overhaul of the country’s conservative penal code. #FreeHajar
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