Spain's opposition party calls on authorities to increase workforce in Marhaba operation's return phase

Spain's opposition party calls on authorities to increase workforce in Marhaba operation's return phase
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Monday 15 August 2022 - 14:19

Spain’s opposition party general secretary, Miguel Marín, denounced “improvisation” in the Marhaba Operation, on the Melilla border with Morocco due to the lack of agents dedicated to control.

“It is a public denunciation that we are making due to the critical situation that the police officers who are on the Beni-Ensar border are experiencing due to the Operation Marhaba that was approved quickly and hastily, without any prior organization,” Miguel Marín told Spanish media, adding that only “two or three policemen” were assigned to control the documents while “six counters are operational” at the border.

The PP’s leader explained there is barely half the workforce necessary to guarantee these controls at the border, stressing the need to increase the number of police officers.

The Spanish opposition party leader called on authorities to immediately send more agents to the Melilla border with Morocco to facilitate control tasks in the return phase of the Operation, which ends on September 15.

Recently, the  Tangier Med Port Authority said that the plans for the return phase have been finalized. The port authority urges travelers to consult the traffic forecasts available on the website and mobile app and plan their return date to avoid long waits, particularly from August 25 to 30.

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