Transport operation to get North Africans home for the holidays is hit by border delays July saw the return of the special arrangements by authorities to speed up journey to North AfricaAfter two summers with the Morocco-Spanish frontier closed, this July has seen the restart in earnest of the annual 'Operation Crossing the Strait'. This is the special arrangements by the authorities to speed up the journey back to North Africa for the summer holidays of hundreds of thousands of Moroccans and Algerians who live in Europe. The busiest crossing routes are from Algeciras to Tangier in Morocco and to Spanish Ceuta on the African coast. The special operation is seeing record numbers using Spanish ports. In the first two weeks since officially starting on June 15, 188,253 passengers were recorded as crossing to Morocco or Algeria.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 08, 2022 10:08 UTC