This study, published by the European Training Foundation (ETF) in the framework of the project “Migration and skills” aimed to contribute to the improvement of migration policies both within the EU and Morocco in the provision of...

At a ceremony held in room 10 of the UNED of Melilla Foundation for Moroccan socio-economic development (FHIMADES) presented yesterday its new website, as well as the “Journal of the 1st Conference of the EU external borders”, latest...

Melilla, along with Ceuta, are the only two borders of the European Union on the African continent. This feature clearly conditions much of daily life and relationships that occur along them. Borders, while separate countries and entities, are...

Spain and Morocco have agreed to launch initiatives to facilitate passage through “checkpoints” between the two countries, “establishing any measure likely to improve the comfort of daily traffic at the level of these positions,...

The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, and the Prime Minister Moroccan Abdelilá Benkirane, have announced the launch of bilateral negotiations with a view to signing an agreement of free trade between the EU and...

The enlargement of the EU is supposed to have a profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there is concern about the implications of enlargement for regional disparities in the EU, the corresponding empirical...