Spanish police arrests 25 Moroccan immigrants in Sebta
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 9/26/1998

Spanish security forces arrested 25 Moroccan illegal immigrants on Thursday in occupied city of Sebta in northern Morocco who were attempting to sneak into Europe.

Moroccan sources told ArabicNews.com today that Spanish and Moroccan citizens were also arrested for involvement in illegally facilitating the entrance of some persons to Sebta.

The sources added that necessary procedures were taken for deporting the Moroccan immigrants to their country.

Meanwhile, the Moroccan source said that his country and Spain are linked together by fruitful cooperation and continuous consultation concerning illegal immigration.

Morocco is facing a continuous flow of illegal African immigrants who are crossing through its territories on their way to the two occupied cities in northern Morocco, Sebta and Melila, and they are making repeated attempts to sneak into Europe.

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