“We’re misplaced!” stated David, an Italian vacationer ready on the closed border with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Morocco. “New flights are being organized to allow [stranded French tourists] to return to France,” President Emmanuel Macron tweeted Saturday. The Spanish embassy in Morocco tweeted that very same day that ferries had been nonetheless working between the enclaves and mainland Spain. “The climate is sweet right here, there’s absolutely fewer circumstances of coronavirus in Morocco than in France,” he stated. The busiest port in North Africa, the power welcomed 568,000 international vacationers in 2019, whereas some 473,000 entered from Cueta and Melilla, in line with official figures.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 21, 2020 21:11 UTC